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BT ign ee SA OT = AG U EPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. _ EAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY—BULLETIN NO. 205. B. T. GALLOWAY, Chief of Bureau. SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED DURING THE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1909: INVENTORY No. 21; Nos. 26048 To 26470. Issuep Marcu 17, 1911. nflesRas. RA we fiSee t i iil ine i a il il aesy fle oy Nz \) NR alt W WA ] ly TAS $53 ORD WASHINGTON: ) GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1911. BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY. Chief of Bureau, BEVERLY T. GALLOWAY. Assistant Chief of Bureau, WILLIAM A. TAYLOR. Editor, J. E. ROCKWELL. Chief Clerk, JAMES E. JONES. FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION. SCIENTIFIC STAFF. David Fairchild, Agricultural Explorer in Charge. P. H. Dorsett and Peter Bisset, Expert Plant Introducers. George W. Oliver, Expert Propagator. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer. H.C. Skeels and R. A. Young, Scientific Assistants. Stephen C. Stuntz, Botanical Assistant. Henry F. Schultz, Agent, in Charge of Subtropical Introductions. E. C. Green, Pomologist, in Charge of South Texas Plant Introduction Garden, Brownsville, Tex. . Robert L. Beagles, Agent, Acting in Charge of Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, Cal. Edward Simmonds, Gardener, in Charge of Subtropical Plant Introduction Garden, Miami, Fia. John M. Rankin, Expert, in Charge of Yarrow Plant Introduction Garden, Rockville, Md. Edward Goucher, John H. Allison, W, H, F, Gomme, and Roy F, Mann, Experts. 205 2 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Bureau oF Piant INDUSTRY, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF, Washington, D. C., October 31, 1910. Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith and to recommend for publication as Bulletin No. 205 of the series of this Bureau the accom- panying manuscript, entitled ‘“‘Seeds and Plants Imported During the Period from October 1 to December 31, 1909: Inventory No. 21; Nos. 26048 to 26470.” This manuscript has been submitted by the Agricultural Explorer — in Charge of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction with a view to publication. | Respectfully, G. H. Powe 1, Acting Chief of Bureau. Hon. James WILSON, Secretary of Agriculture. 205 ae “ * 2 CON Tee N PS: Introductory statement..........--.- JDTNVOINIOIN (35 8 SSS eee ee ee area Publication of a new name........... Index of common and' scientific names eecremeeren eee eee sees eee wesc ee ese een ee eee ee B. P. I.—625. SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED DURING THE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1909: INVENTORY NO. 21; NOS. 26048 TO 26470, INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT. Although our agricultural explorer Mr. Frank N. Meyer has been in the field during the period covered by this inventory, the material received from him which is herein recorded is but a small part of the work performed by him. He has been investigating the prevalence of the crown-gall disease of the apple in France for the purpose of ascertaining whether the French have resistant stocks; making studies in the English, French, German, and Russian arboreta for the purpose of familiarizing himself with the important plants and plant cultures of Chinese Turkestan, which region it is expected he will explore this summer; and he has been unexpectedly delayed for six weeks in St. Petersburg. This office is negotiating by correspondence for the valuable material he has reported in the different arboreta. To the fruit growers the question of better stock plants is of great importance and is being emphasized more strongly now than ever before. To such as are working on the problem, the introduction from Palestine, through Mr. Aaron Aaronsohn, of a large red-fruited variety of haw, Crataegus azarolus (Nos. 26116 and 26354), will be interesting. It has been used successfully both in Tunis and Pales- tine and is considered by Mr. Aaronsohn to be an ideal stock for dwarf early pears in our arid irrigated regions of the Southwest, where the question of growing early pears is attracting attention. A _ species of Photinia (No. 26133) from western China is sent in by Mr. Meyer, who suggests its use as a possible stock for the loquat. The possibility of using the Chinese brambles for the production of new types of raspberries has been pointed out as promising. For those interested in this field, nine species of Rubus from the Yangtze Valley (Nos. 26270 to 26278), collected by Mr. KE. H. Wilson, of the Arnold Arboretum, are likely to prove of very considerable interest. 205 8 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. The problem of growing in this country the large-fruited English gooseberry has proved difficult to solve because of the gooseberry mildew to which all English gooseberry varieties seem subject. Those interested in this fruit will be glad to test Dr. W. Van Fleet’s three new hybrids between fibes missouriense, R. cynosbati, and R. rotundifolium crossed by f#. reclinatum. These represent twelve years of careful work in selection from hundreds of seedlings from various crosses, and preliminary tests have shown them remarkably resistant to the gooseberry mildew. (Nos. 26138 to 26140.) Fevjoa sellowiana (Nos. 26120 and 26121) is a new fruit from Uru- guay which is attracting some attention in California and Florida, since it is said to withstand more cold than the guava and to have a unique flavor of its own which is especially relished by many. An acid-fruited species of Psidiwm laurzfolium (No. 26413), from Trini- dad, will interest those who believe in the future of the guava and its jelly-making qualities, since it is said to jelly much quicker than the common West Indian varieties and, quite distinct from them, to have an agreeable acidity. To the Florida and California fruit growers who are watching the possibilities of the anonas, the introduction of eight large-fruited, smooth-skinned varieties from Chile will be of interest. (Nos. 26148 to 26155.) The loganberry is already well known in the United States and those who realize its value will doubtless wish to test the lowberry (No. 26197) and Low’s Phenomenal raspberry-loganberry hybrid (No. 26198), which are said to be new rivals of the loganberry. Those who are experimenting with forage plants will be interested in a new importation of shaftal, Trifolium suaveolens, from Tashkend (No. 26135), a clover which is being given a thorough trial in the irri- gated regions of the Southwest. Although normally an annual, this species behaves as a perennial if regularly cut for hay. The Wallaby erass, Danthoma semiannularis, from New Zealand (No. 26119), is recommended especially for heavy clay soils or gumbo lands subject to drought; and ray-grass, Lolium strictum (No. 26200), coming from the dry regions along the Mediterranean, is recommended by the vet- eran experimenter, Doctor Trabut, of Mustapha, Algiers, as being an excellent forage grass, an annual worthy of cultivation in the South- west; while the New Zealand rice-grass, Microlaena stupoides (No. 26118), may find a use in America for pasture or lawn purposes. ‘Potato breeders have already shown an interest in the introduction of a few tubers of a species of Solanum thought to be a wild hybrid of Solanum tuberosum (No. 26122), which has been used by Mr. Paton, of Scotland, to originate what he believes are varieties practically immune to the potato blight, Phytophthora wnfestans. Interesting 205 OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1909. 9 varieties have also been introduced from Bogota, Colombia (Nos. 26126 to 26129). The Arracacia of South America forms a staple food of the Vene- zuelans, who know it under the name of apio. It is cultivated in high altitudes and requires a long season in which to mature. It deserves a thorough trial in the South to determine where it will suc-. ceed. (No. 26204.) The destructive fungous disease of the chestnut, which threatens to destroy the native chestnut trees of the Atlantic coast region, makes the production of a chestnut-chinquapin hybrid of unusual interest, since its resistance to this bark disease may furnish a way out of a situation which seriously threatens the chestnut industry. Doctor Van Fleet’s hybrids (Nos. 26230 to 26235) have so far shown a high degree of immunity to the disease. The interest in the Japanese flowering cherry trees, which have been found to succeed well in the United States, makes it worth while to call attention to seven Chinese flowering cherry trees from the Yangtze Valley, collected by Mr. E. H. Wilson, of the Arnold Arboretum. (Nos. 26246 to 26252.) For many years attempts have been made to introduce the cliff- grown tea and the teas from the Dragon Pool, of the Kienningfu and Wuishan districts of China, but without success. Through the kind assistance of Mr. Rockhill, ambassador to Russia, formerly American ambassador to China, and the hearty cooperation of the American consul and vice-consul at Foochow, fourteen varieties of these spe- cially noted teas have been introduced and are being propagated. As heretofore, the work of identification and nomenclature, as well as that on the geographical distribution, has been done by Mr. H. C. Skeels under the supervision of Mr. W. F. Wight, of the Office of Taxonomic and Range Investigations, and the manuscript has been prepared by Miss Mary A. Austin. Davip FAIRCHILD, Agricultural Explorer in Charge. OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION, Washington, D. C., March 7, 1910. 65739°—Bul, 205—11——2 INVENTORY. 26048 and 26049. PRUNUS spp. From the Himalayas. Presented by Mr. E. Shearer, Assistant Inspector-General of Agriculture in India, Nagpur, Central Provinces, India. Received October 2, 1909. Seeds of the following: 26048. PRUNUS ARMENIACA L. Apricot. ‘“Shari. A nursery of shari plants is prepared in January each year. The soil is first dug, properly cleaned, and manured; ditches are then made about 4 inches deep and the seeds are put in and covered with earth. These seeds germinate in the following March. ‘“These plants are then transplanted where desired in January next, i. e., after one year. They are planted in pits dug deep enough and are watered every second or third day until they take root in the ground. Shari plants when grafted with aru (peach) give a better variety of shari fruit.’’ (Shearer.) 26049. PRUNUS sp. Plum. ‘*Aloocha. The season and process of sowing this seed are the same as that of shari (apricot) (S. P. I. No. 26048). ‘‘Jamun (wild cherry) and aru (peach) when grafted on aloocha plants pro- duce fine varieties of jamun and aru, respectively.’’ (Shearer.) 26050. ALEURITES TRISPERMA Blanco. Banucalag. From Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. Elmer D. Merrill, Bureau of Science, Manila. Received October 2, 1909. ‘‘As there are probably no live specimens of this species in America to-day, these seeds were procured to grow plants for trial in the tropical possessions of the United States. A portion of them will also be used for the expression of a sample of oil to be tested in the Bureau of Chemistry of the United States Department of Agriculture in Washington in comparison with oils derived from other species of Aleurites. ‘‘This species, which yields a valuable drying oil, is found in the Philippines; so far as known, it is restricted to these islands and is comparatively rare but quite gen- erally distributed. This plant is botanically known as Aleurites trisperma Blanco, but carries also the synonym Aleurites saponaria Blanco. It is known locally as ‘pbanucalag,’ ‘lumbang banucalag,’ ‘lumbang banucalad,’ ‘ baguilumban,’ ‘ calumban,’ or ‘lumbang gubat,’ besides having a variety of other names in the different provinces. It is much mixed and confused with the true lumbang (Aleurites moluccana), espe- cially when information in regard to it is sought. ‘* Aleurites trisperma belongs to the same section of Aleurites as the Chinese and Japanese species; this may readily be seen by comparing the seeds and foliage of these three plants. The seeds resemble those of Aleurites fordii, while the leaves resemble those of Aleurites cordata. The seeds are somewhat larger, however, than those of the China wood-oil tree, besides being thicker shelled and of a distinct brick- red color.”? (W. Fischer.) 205 i 1 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 26051 to 26054. GLycrINE HIsprIpA (Moench) Maxim. Soy bean. From Nanking, China. Presented by Dr. F. B. Whitmore. Received September 13, 1909. Numbered October 4, 1909. Seeds of each of the following: 26051. Yellow. 26053. Green. 26052. Yellowish green. 26054. Black. 26055 to 26061. SacCHARUM OFFICINARUM L. Sugar cane. Presented by Mr. Edward W. Knox, general manager of the Colonial Sugar Refin- ing Company (Limited), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Received October 4, 1909. Seeds of each of the following; notes by Mr. Knox: 26055. Striped Singapore. ‘‘Standard variety, medium thickness, medium quality. Very similar to Rose Bamboo, but striped amber and red.”’ 26056. Rose Bamboo. ‘‘Standard variety, medium tonnage and sweetness, medium thickness, straw-rose color.’’ ‘‘These are at present most grown in the drier districts of Fiji, being of very fair weight and sweetness. According to Mr. J. Clark (one of our officers who recently paid a visit to Demerara and Barbados) Striped Singapore is the striped variant of the cane called White Transparent in the West Indies; Rose Bamboo is an allied cane which is very nearly identical with White Transparent, the latter being called Yellow Singapore in Fiji. The obvious difference between Rose Bamboo and Yellow Singapore is that the latter is somewhat thicker in the stalk and arrows very freely, while the former rarely flowers.”’ 26057. Badila. ‘‘Best variety in Fiji and Queensland. Very heavy and very sweet, thick, purple.”’ 26058. Mohona. ‘‘Early maturing, successful variety in New South Wales, but dies off early in the season in tropical Queensland and Fiji; rather thin, purple; white bloom.” ‘“‘These have been obtained from New Guinea. Badila is a dark-purple cane of stout build, giving heavy and sweet crops under favorable conditions, but being a slow grower at the start. Mohona is of a lighter purple color, of medium size and yield, attaining high sweetness when comparatively young, readily going back in quality in the Tropics, but much more enduring in semi- tropical districts. It supplies very fertile seeds.”’ 26059. HQ. 10. ‘Fairly sweet variety, fair tonnage, seedling raised from Mohona by Mr. J. Clark at Hambledon, Queensland. Thin, olive-green.’’ 26060. HQ. 50. ‘‘Seedling raised from Mohona; rather thin, purple; white bloom; good cropper; good quality; raised at Hambledon, Queensland.”’ ‘“These are both sweet and have given fair crops so far when tried on small areas only.”’ 26061. Couvé 87. ‘‘This is a thick, purple Mauritius seedling, giving a heavy crop, which is somewhat discounted by shortcomings as regards quality. Seed from this variety is more fertile than that from any other known by us.”’ 26062 to 26065. Musa TextTiLis Née. Manila hemp. From Davao, Mindanao, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. M. M. Saleeby, in charge of fiber plants, Bureau of Agriculture, Manila, through Mr. Lyster H. Dewey. Received October 4, 1909. 205 OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1909. 13 —- 26062 to 26065—Continucd. Seeds of each of the following: 26062. Tanguyon (also spelled Tangowan and Tongongon). 26063. Libuton. 26064. Puteean. 26065. Arupan. ‘*Mr. Saleeby, who is making a careful study of abac4 (Manila hemp), writes that although abac4 seedlings are often found in the fields in well-shaded moist places, he has never found good plants growing directly from the seeds. He suggests trying to grow plants from root cuttings or suckers from the seedlings that we may secure. He also states that he finds seedlings only in soil well drained yet constantly moist and constantly shaded. I would suggest that these seeds be grown with a view to sending the young plants to Porto Rico.’ (Dewey.) 26067. BETA VULGARIS L. Beet. From Sicily. Presented by Dr. Carl Sprenger, Hortus Botanicus Vomerensis, Vomero, Naples, Italy. Received October 5, 1909. Seed collected in a wild state. 26068. APIUM GRAVEOLENS L. Celery. From France. Presented by Mrs. E. M. Sheridan, 2300 G street NW., Washing- ton, D. C., who procurcd the seed from Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co., Paris, France. Received October 5, 1909. Improved Paris celeri-rave (Falaise). ‘‘The taste of this is similar to the meat of the large artichoke and only requires eon and a dressing of drawn butter gravy after it is cut in slices or small chunks.’’ (Sheridan.) ‘‘Sow in February or March in a bed under glass; set out in well-manured ground at a distance of 30 to 40 centimeters (12 to16 inches). Harvest in August and September. ‘Plant in nursery beds in April or May; set out in May or June. Gather in October or November and keep during the winter. ‘‘A variety obtained by Mr. Falaise and distinguished from the common celeri-rave by a much greater development of the root. Foliage tolerably high with slender petioles, dark green, strongly tinted with red; the leaves themselves are large, tolerably serrate, of a dark and shining green, especially on the upper part of the stalk. Itis the race most liked by the Parisian market gardeners; it is an improvement on Large Smooth Paris celeri-rave, which it has replaced and which was itself a good selection from Common celeri-rave.’’ (Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co.) 26069. ARALIA CORDATA Thunb. Udo. From New York, N. Y. Purchased from J. M. Thorburn & Co. Received October 7, 1909. Kan. See Bureau of Plant Industry Bulletin 42 for description; also 8. P. I. No. 9166. 26070 to 26077. Merpicaco spp. From Chico, Cal. Grown at the Plant Introduction Garden by Mr. Roland McKee. Received September 22, 1909. Seeds of the following; descriptive notes by Mr. McKee: 26070. MEDICAGO HISPIDA CONFINIS (Koch) Burnat. ‘“This is a selection from 8. P. I. No. 16771 made at Chico, Cal., in 1906. It is a prickleless form of bur clover and well adapted for pasturage, especially for sheep. It should be tested throughout the southern and southwestern United States. It has been grown for the increase of seed.’’ 205 14 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 26070 to 26077—Continued. Disiribution.—The British Islands, France, Spain and Portugal, Italy, and the Balkan Peninsula. 26071. MeDICAGO HISPIDA NIGRA (L.) Burnat. ‘‘Seed in the bur was received at the Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, Cal., in December, 1905, from the University of California. It perhaps will succeed wherever M. hispida denticulata or M. arabica does well. In California it is perhaps a little more aggressive than M. hispida. Of value for pasturage and soil improvement.”’ Distribution.—The European countries bordering on the Mediterranean Sea, including Spain, southern France, and Italy; also in the Balkan Peninsula, Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine, and northern Africa. 26072. MerDICAGO HISPIDA NIGRA (L.) Burnat. Same as No. 26071. 26073. MepiIcaco HISPIDA Gaertn. ‘‘Seed in the bur was received at the Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, Cal., in December, 1905, from the University of California. Of value for pasturage and soil improvement wherever common bur clover is adapted.”’ Distribution.—The Mediterranean region. 26074. MeEpIcAGO HISPIDA Gaertn. Same as No. 26073. 26075. MeEDICAGO HISPIDA TEREBELLUM (Willd.) Urban. ‘‘Seed in the bur received at the Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, Cal., in December, 1905, from the University of California. This is practically a prickle- less form of bur clover and needs to be tested extensively in the West and South for pasturage and soil improvement.”’ Distribution.—The countries along the Mediterranean, from Spain to Pales- tine and Egypt. 26076. Mepicaco murRicaTA (L.) All. ‘“This is a selection made from seed which was received at the Plant Intro- duction Garden, Chico, Cal., in December, 1905, from the University of Cali- fornia. It is a form of bur clover having a large but very hard bur. Should be: tested in sections adapted to bur clovers.”’ Distribution.—The province of Riviera, southern France, and in Dalmatia, Croatia, and Herzegovina, southern Austria. 26077. MepicaGo ScuUTELLATA (L.) Miller. ‘Seed in the bur was received at the Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, Cal., in December, 1905, from the University of California. This is a form of bur clover having a very large papery pod, making it especially desirable for pastur- age. It should be tested in particular in the warmer sections of the South.”’ Distribution.—The Mediterranean region. 26078. CAPRIOLA INCOMPLETA (Nees) Skeels. Cynodon incompletus Nees, Linnzea 7: 301. 1832. The genus Capriola was established by Adanson in 1763, while Cynodon was not published until 1805, forty-two years later. Dactilon was pro- posed for the same genus by Villars in 1787 and Fibichia by Koeler in 1802. From Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Presented by Prof. J. Burtt Davy, government agrostologist and botanist, Transvaal Department of Agriculture. Received October 14, 1909. ‘This is closely related to common Bermuda grass.’? (C. V. Piper.) (Roots. ) 205 OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1909. 15 26078—Continued. Distribution.—This species occurs in South Africa and was originally described from ‘‘Gaaup,’’ in the district of Beaufort, Cape Colony. It has since been found in various localities from the vicinity of Lydenburg, Transvaal Colony, southward, and westward to the banks of Orange River in Little Namaqualand. In the central region of Cape Colony it is found at elevations of 3,000 feet. 26109. ZizyPHUS SATIVA Gaertn. Chinese date. From Chekiang Province, China. Presented by Mr. J. H. Judson, Hangchow, China. Received April 21, 1908. Numbered October 6, 1909. ‘“T can not say whether these plants are of a named variety or not. The Chinese have three kinds on the market, which they call red, black, and honey dates.’’ ( Judson.) 26110 and 26111. From Beirut, Syria. Presented by Mr. A. E. Day, professor of natural science, The Syrian Protestant College. Received October 8, 1909. Seeds of each of the following: 26110. CucuRBITA PEPO L. ‘“‘Kusa.’’ See No. 22810 for description. 26111. Cucumis sativus L. Cucumber. ‘‘We eat freely of this cucumber, and it is a common sight to see a Syrian child one or two years old chewing away at one; it does not seem to hurt them.”’ (Day.) 26112. Diospyros piscotor Willd. Mabola fruit. From Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. William 8. Lyon, Gardens of Nagta- jan, Manila. Received October 11, 1909. ‘‘A small tree, native of the Philippine Islands, introduced into India and culti- vated in gardens, especially in Vizagapatam. The fruit is like a large quince and in some places is called mangosteen; its proper name should be the Mabola fruit. It is agreeable and has a pink-colored fleshy rind.’’ (Extract from Watt, Dictionary of Economic Products of India, vol. 3, p. 138.) See No. 19216 for previous introduction and description. 26115. Mucuna GicaANnTEA (Willd.) DC. From Buntal, at the mouth of Sarawak River, Sarawak, Borneo. Presented by Mr. J. C. Moulton, curator, Sarawak museum. Received October 12, 1909. Black. See No. 25514 for distribution. 26116. CRATAEGUS AZAROLUS L. From Zichron-Jacob, near Haifa, Palestine. Presented by Miss Rifka Aaron- sohn, through Mr. A. Aaronsohn. Received October 4, 1909. ‘‘Arabian name Za’arur. This species is very abundant throughout the Orient, where a great many varieties and forms of itarefound. It grows wild on the slopes of dry, arid hills, preferably amongst calcareous rocks. It isashrub with spiny branches from 1.5 to 4 or 5 meters in height, with a diameter of.10 to 30 centimeters. It is rather a slow grower. ‘“‘In the spring it bears dense corymbs of white flowers which are pleasantly fra- grant. The size of the fruits varies in different varieties. Some have fruits as large 205 16 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 26116—Continued. as | inch in diameter. The acid flesh has a delicate flavor, but there is not enough of it to give the fruits a commercial value. Fruits are occasionally found, however, that are practically without seeds and it might be possible to fix this character by selection. As it is the fruit is often sold in the oriental markets. “T particularly recommend this Crataegus as a stock for pears. It is good for dry localities at any altitude. It is found as low as 200 meters below the level of the Mediterranean in the valley of the Jordan and as high as 1,800 meters above sea level in the desert near Petra. It ought, therefore, to thrive in southern California as well as on the plateaus of Colorado. ‘‘My personal experience has shown that a top graft 6 inches or a foot above the eround is the best for this stock. It is best suited for the early varieties of pears. ‘‘T recommend this as a stock, therefore, in high, arid situations where water is scarce or costly. It is an ideal stock for dwarf early pears. At Indio, Cal., for instance, it ought to yield prime fruit with very little irrigation. ‘‘Palestine (where my father has had trees grafted in this way for 18 years) is not the only region in which Crataegus azarolus has been used as a stock for the pear. Mr. Dumont has used it for the same purpose near Tunis. ‘‘T speak of pears because I have had personal experience with this fruit. But I can see no reason why it would not do as well as a stock for dwarf early apples.” (A. Aaronsohn.) Distribution.—A native of southern Europe, western Asia, and northern Africa, being found in Spain, Italy, Crete, Caucasia, Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine, Arabia; Persia, and Algeria. 26117. Merpicaco sATIvA L. Alfalfa. From Indian Head, Saskatchewan, Canada. Presented by Mr. Angus Mackay, superintendent, Dominion Experimental Farm for Saskatchewan, through Mr. Charles J. Brand. Received October 18, 1909. Grimm.—‘ Grown at Indian Head from 8. P. I. No. 12991; seeded in comparison with eight other strains in the spring of 1905. No. 12991 was produced in Minnesota in 1904 and was secured from Mr. A. B. Lyman, Excelsior, Minn. In the Indian Head experiments it has proven from the first (1905 to a to be the best of the nine strains under test.’’ (Brand.) 26118 and 26119. From Wellington, New Zealand. Presented by Mr. T. W. Kirk, Biologist, . Department of Agriculture. Received October 18, 1909. Seeds of the following: 26118. MicroLaENna stiporpEs (Labill.) R. Br. New Zealand rice-grass. A native grass, much relished by all kinds of stock; the herbage is of a rich ereen color, and is produced in great abundance. Distribution.—A native of New Zealand and Australia, where it is widely distributed and used for a lawn and pasture grass. 26119. DANTHONIA SEMIANNULARIS (Labill.) R. Br. Wallaby grass. A grass which does well on any of the poorer classes of gumbo land, also on heavy clay soils. It stands drought with impunity, and throws up a good quantity of feed, which is eaten by all classes of stock. See No. 21024 for previous introduction. Distribution.—New Zealand, Tasmania, and the temperate parts of Australia. 205 7 re OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1909. V7 26120 and 26121. Frms0A SELLOWIANA Berg. From Los Angeles, Cal. Presented by Mr.H.Hehre. Received October 11, 1909. Seeds of the following: 26120. ‘‘These fruits were raised from a plant imported by me from Europe a number of years ago and which has been bearing regular crops for five or six years.’’ (Hehre.) 26121. ‘‘These fruits are from a plant originated by me from seed imported from Europe; it has not been named. Ripens later than the preceding variety.” (Hehre.) . ‘* Feivjoa sellowiana is worthy to be mentioned under promising new fruits and deserves the widest distribution. The plant stands more cold than the guava, is beautiful in bloom, and is evergreen. The fruit is green and when ripe has a tinge of yellow. As it blooms for a period of about two months, so does the fruit ripen successively for two months; therefore there are all sizes of fruit on the plant at the same time, which grow at the leaf axil on new wood.’’ (Hehre.) Distribution.—Found in the province of Rio Grande do Sul, in the southeast- ern part of Brazil, and in the vicinity of Montevideo, Uruguay; cultivated in southern Europe. 26122. SOLANUM sp. Potato. From Castle Kennedy, Scotland. Presented by Rev. J. Aikman Paton, Soulseat. Received October 19, 1909. ‘““Tubers of Solanum etuberosum (so called; I think it is a wild hybrid of S. tubero- sum, simply), which I used as the parent of my ‘Immune’ strain. dilleras at a high altitude.”’ 27439. Mewinotus INpica (L.) All. ‘“A wild sweet clover, yellow flowered, highly esteemed for fodder; eaten by all animals.”’ 27440. NoTHOFAGUS sp. _ ‘White oak.” ‘‘A fine timber tree for any industrial use.’’ 27441 to 27450. Rubus FrRuticosus L. Blackberry. “The fruits of these are round, uniform size, from five-eighths to three-fourths of an inch in diameter; they are all sweet and good flavored, some especially so. All of them may be considered as early sorts. The later kinds are the same, except as to their fruiting time. The fruits are good and not overseeded, and have an abundance of sweet, agreeably flavored flesh and juice. In their wild state they would serve well for commercial and domestic uses if the people had learned to esteem them. The only objection is their excessive plant growth, for they are extra productive. The plant growth of all the strains is about equal; 15 feet would be an average height; they spread quickly, birds eat the fruit and sow the seeds, or if a tiny bit of root be left in the ground they soon thrive again under any conditions. They make an effective hedge or impass- able barricade, but need annual pruning to keep them: in their required place, or they will spread, fill irrigating canals, usurp adjoining land, and become a pest. The southern classes have less plant growth, different-shaped fruit, and smaller bunches, with flavors of their own. I consider the blackberries of the south as superior to those of central Chile (Nos. 27442, 27443, and 27446), but incomparably less productive. If by crossing you can obtain their flavors and great productiveness upon dwarf plants, you have made a progressive advance.”’ | 27451. SPaRTIUM JUNCEUM L. ‘“Retama. A beautiful leafless bush or treelet, 6 to 8 feet high, with large, yellow, delightfully fragrant flowers, which remain in bloom a long time.’’ 27452 and 27453. SoLaNumM sp. Potato. 27452. ‘From the far South.’’ 27453. (No note.) 27454. SoPHORA MACROCARPA Smith. ‘“A beautiful tree, whose fruit is comestible.’’ 27455. STRYCHNOS sp. “‘A beautiful dwarf ornamental tree, from the innermost Cordilleras near the perpetual-snow line.”’ 27456. TRACHYCARPUS EXCELSUS (Thumb.) Wendl. ‘‘A dwarf palm, trunk covered with hair. For lawn decoration or garden.”’’ 207 99 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 27418 to 27462—Continued. 27457. TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE L. ; Red clover. 27458. Triticum purumM Desf. Wheat. ‘*A sample of black-bearded wheat found growing among other sorts.” 27459. (Undetermined. ) ““Guilli-Patagua or Naranjillo. A splendid evergreen tree. When in flower the entire wood and branches are covered with blooms, which give the tree the appearance of being trimmed with yellow lace.’’ 27460. (Undetermined.) 27461. (Undetermined.) ‘‘A flowering forest tree that has yellow flowers.’’ 27462. (Undetermined.) “* Alberjillas.’’ Same remarks apply to this as to No 27455. 27463 to 27477. MELILOTUS spp. From Madrid, Spain. Presented by the Madrid Botanical Garden. Received March 25, 1910. Seeds of the following: 27463. Metimotus Apa Desr. 27464 and 27465. Metitotus DENTATA (Waldst. & Kit.) Pers. Distribution.—Europe and western Asia, extending from Sweden and the British islands eastward through Russia, Servia, Roumania, and Asia Minor to Siberia and Turkestan. 27466 to 27468. Metuinotus inpica (L.) All. 27469. MELILOTUS INDICA TOMMASINII (Jord.) Schultz. Distribution.—The Sinai peninsula, Arabia. 27470. Metitotus rrarica (L.) Lam. Distribution.—Along the northern shore of the Mediterranean from southern France eastward through Italy, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, and Greece to Asia Minor. 27471. MELILOTUS MESSANENSIS (L.) All. See No. 25213 for distribution of this species. 27472. Metitotus speciosa Durieu. Distribution.—Cool rocky slopes of the hills in the vicinity of Oran and La Calle, in Algeria, and also on the island of Mauritius. 27473. MELILOTUS SEGETALIS (Brot.) Ser. Distribution.—The countries bordering on the Mediterranean from Spain and southern France, through Italy, Greece, and Asia Minor to Syria, and in North Africa. 27474. MELILOTUS SUAVEOLENS Ledeb. Distribution.—Eastern Asia, extending from Siberia, Turkestan, and India eastward to Korea, China, and Japan. 27475 to 27477. Mertitorus TAuRICA (Bieb.) Ser. Distribution.—Sterile mountain slopes in the Crimea, and in Asia Minor and — Kurdistan. 207 JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 831, 1910. 93 27478 and 27479. From Japan. Presented by the Japan Nursery Company (Ltd.), Settsu, Japan, at the request of Mr. Albert J. Perkins. Received March 29, 1910. Seeds of the following: 27478. CITRUS sp. Yuzu. See No. 26568 for description. 27479. Dtospyros KAKI L. f. - Persimmon. Mixed seed. 27480. PHYSALIS IXOCARPA Brot. Husk-tomato. From Chico, Cal. Grown at the Plant Introduction Garden from seed which was presented by Mr. Elmer Stearns, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. Received March 17, 1910. “Fruit the size of an English ce without shuck. It is very extensively eaten in all parts of the Republic (meaning Mexico). Sow same as any tomato. Plants grow erect, 3 to 4 feet high.”’ (Stearns.) 207 PUBLICATION OF NEW NAMES. The following names are published in this issue: 26653. CHAETOCHLOA NIGRIROSTRIS (Nees) Skeels. 27018. EMPLEURUM UNICAPSULARIS (L.) Skeels. 207 94 INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES, ETC. Acacia cavenia, 27418. Actaea rubra, 27112. Actinidia sp., 26904. Adansonia digitata, 27160. Agropyron semicostatum, 27289. Agrostis alba, 27200. Aleurites ford, 26799. Alfalfa, Algerian, 26640, 27226. Alt-Deutsche Frankische zerne, 27222. ‘ Argentine, 27253, 27255, 27257. (Arizona), 26634, 26537 to 26539. Baltic, 26636, 26759, 27206. (California), 26536. Canadian, 27208, 27212, 27278. (Chile), 27380, 27438. (Colorado), 26621, 27232. (Ecuador), 26629, 26638. (France), 26642. French, 27215, 27245. German, 27216, 27229, 27238. (Germany), 26623. Grimm, 26540, 27201, 27202, 27259, 27266, 27280 to 27284. Guaranda, 26629, 26638. Italian, 27251. (Kansas), 26630, 26635, 27228. Mexican, 27227, 27236, 27279. Mielga, 27368, 27377. (Minnesota), 27101 to 27105. Mongolian, 27204, 27207, 27210, 27269, 27270. (Montana), 26622, 27209, 27220, Dipper (Nebraska), 26631, 27219, 27233. dry land, 27221. (New York), 26625, 26632. Lu- North Dakota grown, 27201 to 27288, 27364 to 27399. Oasis, 26641. Peruvian, 27286, 27287. Poitou, 27249. Provence, 27254. (Russia), 26637, 26666, 26667, 26673 to 26677, 26813 to 26815, 26865, 26911, 27090, 27091, 27190, 27224. Sandlucern. See Medicago sativa varia. South Dakota No. 167, 26636, 26759, 27206. No. 240, 26758. (Spain), 27368, 27369, 27371, Tie, ORIN ie EO) 27381, 27397, 27399. 207 | Alfalfa (Sweden), 27370, 27382, 27383, 27398. (Texas), 26633. Tripoli, 27026. (Tunis), 26641, 27026. Turkestan, 26626, 26628, 26639, 26758, 27203, 27205, 27211, THA By AAAS VAT PAT s * OATPAlIoS. 27225, 27235, 27241 to 27243, TH POS atlas NPAT SAG ROY DPARPATEE (Utah), 26627, 27264, 27265. dry land, 27234, 27239, 27246, 27247, 27250. irrigated, 27230, 27237, 27244, 27256. (Wyoming), 26624. See also Medicago spp. Almond (Algeria), 26543. (Russia), 27302, 27336. See also Amygdalus communis. Aloe transvalensis, 26601. Alysicarpus vaginalis, 26786. Amygdalus communis, 26543, 26834, 26835. davidiana, 26604, 27310. Jfenzhiana, 27302, 27336. persica, 26472, 26503, 26593, 26821 to 26827, 26985, 26986, 27110, 27111. Andropogon caricosus, 26581. sorghum, 27161. Anona sp., 26750 to 26753, 26910. cherimola, 26603, 26731 to 26739. palustris, 26855. reticulata, 26747, 26748. senegalensis, 26749. squamosa, 26740 to 26746, 26754. Apple (India), 26475. (Russia), 27060, 27061, 27151 to 27153. Apricot (Chinese Turkestan), 26502. (India), 26473. (Manchuria), 27109. See also Prunus armeniaca. Arbutus andrachne, 27187. Aronia arbutifolia, 27113. melanocarpa, 27114. Artocarpus communis, 26936. integra, 27170. Ash (Russia), 26893. Mountain (Germany), 27028 to 27030. (Russia), 26870, 27184. Asparagus sp., 26883, 27191. stipularis, 27163. Avena sativa, 26570, 26899. Avocado, Trapp, 26689. See also Persea americana. 99 96 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. Barley, hull-less, 26922. (Kashmir), 26920 to 26923. Barosma crenulata, 27017. serratifolia, 27019. Bauhinia monandra, 26561, 27159. Bean, Bonavist. See Dolichos lablab. Horse, 26596. Jack. See Canavali ensiforme. Berberis sp., 26686, 27306, 27406. angulosa, 27115. aristata, 27116. chilensis, 27419. concinna, 27117. dictyophylla, 27118, 27400, 27401. henryana, 27402. pachyacantha, 27119. sanguinea, 27307. sinensis, 27305. stenophylla, 27045. thunbergu, 27120. tibetica, 274038, 27404. umbellata, 27121. virescens, 27122. yunnanensis, 27405. Berseem. See Trifolwum alexandrinum. Bicuiba. See Virola sebifera. Blackberry (Chile), 27312 to 27320, 27441 to 27450. Boehmeria nivea, 26842. Brassica campestris, 26790, 26926. oleracea capitata, 26563, 26564. pekinensis, 26783. Breadfruit. See Artocarpus communis. Bromelia sp., 26896. Buchu, False. See Hmpleurum unicap- sularis. Long leaf. See Barosma serrati- folia. True. See Barosma crenulata. Buckwheat. See Fagopyrum tataricum. ‘‘Bumbulu,”” 26656. Bupleurum fruticosum, 27189. Butcher’s broom. See Ruscus spp. ‘‘Caahu,’’ 26657. Cabbage (Manchuria), 26563, 26564. Pe tsai. See Brassica peki- nensis. Caesalpinia brevifolia, 27420. Canavali ensiforme, 26647. Cannabis sativa, 26841, 27194. Carica papaya, 27106. Carpinus betulus, 26878. Cercis siliquastrum, 26684. Cereus quisco, 27421. Chaetochloa nigrirostris, 26653. ttalica, 26857. Chayota edulis, 26909. Cherimoya, Golden Russet, 26603. See also Anona cherimola. Cherry (India), 26471. (Manchuria), 27107. (Russia), 27154 to 27157, 27303, 2783. Laurel (Russia), 27360. Ohick-pea, California, 26789. Mexican, 26898. 207 Chick-pea (Palestine), 26990. Spanish, 26788. See also Cicer arietinum. Chloris gayana, 26851. Chlorophora tinctoria, 26784. Christ’s thorn. See Paliurus christi. Chrysanthemum (Japan), 26989. Chrysanthemum stipulaceum, 26989. Cicer arietinum, 26788, 26789, 26898, 26990. Citrullus vulgaris, 26504, 27299, 27300, 27340. Citrus sp., 26568, 26918, 27033, 27478. aurantium, 26494, 27032. sinensis, 27066, 27067. decumana, 26933. medica, 27058. trifoliata, 26567. Clematis delavayt, 27308. Clover, Bur (Russia), 27343. " Red.(Chile)..27457%.) as Colchicum speciosum, 27304, 27338. Colocasia sp., 27297, 27298. Corn (Guatemala), 26914 to 26916. (Honduras), 26887 to 26890. (Mexico), 26913, 26950 to 26958, 26991 to 27000, 27073 to 27082. Coronilla varia, 26679, 26817, 27183. Corylus avellana, 27345 to 27348. ferox trbetica, 27408. maxima, 27344. Cotoneaster adpressa, 27407. pyracantha, 26874. Cowpea, brown, 26660. spina- Panmure Early Wonder, 27199. - Poona, 26580. (Sumatra), 26660. Townsend, 26844. Crab apple (Manchuria), 27108. (Russia), 26681, 26682. Crataegus sp., 26871 to 26873, 26875, 26876, 27177 to 27179, 27339. orientalis, 26765. Crotalaria pumila, 26932. Cucumis melo, 27341. Cucurbita sp., 27422. Custard-apple. See Anona reticulata. Currant (Russia), 26617. Cyclamen persicum, 26885. Cydonia sp., 26562. Cytisus biflorus, 26798. Dahlia (Java), 26928. Dahlia coccinea, 26928. Dasheen (China), 27297, 27298. Date (Baluchistan), 26946 to 26948. Bayoudi, 26477. Brunsi, 26478. Burni, 26948. Cabouni, 26479. Hadruri, 26480. Hallaoui, 26481. Hammuri, 26482. Hoomb, 26948. Hurra, 26483. Khullas, 26980. INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES, ETC. | Date, Limsi, 26484. i Mazabti, 26947. | Pish baud, 26946. - Dioscorea alata, 27044. Diospyros sp., 26490, 26491. Kaki 26011. 10) 26782," 26902, 26903, 26949, 27034 to 27043, 27086 to 27088, 27479. senegalensis, 26599, 26897. Dolichos lablab, 27195. Durio zibethinus, 27169. | Dysoxylum sp., 27361. Elaeagnus angustifolia, 26594, 26595. Eleusine tristachya, 27290. Elionurus argentius, 26652. Elm (Russia), 26891. Empleurum unicapsularis, 27018. Eriobotrya japonica, 26901. -Erythrina indica, 26499. Eucalyptus botryoides, 26981. sideroxylon, 26982. Hupatorvum sp., 26657. Fagopyrum tataricum, 26924. Fagus sp., 26862. Fescue, red. See Festuca rubra. Festuca rubra, 26820. im Lucaria sp., 27071. __ Ficus carica, 26670. Fig (Russia), 26670. Filbert (Russia), 27344. Flacourtia ramontchi, 26655. Fragaria sp., 27069. chiloensis, 27423 to 27429. Franklinia alatamaha, 26930, 26931. Fraxinus sp., 26893. Garcinia sp., 26659, 27311. cowad, 26853. | dioica, 26854. Gleditsia caspica, 27335. Glycine hispida, 26643 to 26646, 26839, 26840, 26858, 27196 to 27198. Granadilla. See Passiflora ligularis. Grape, Besni, 26566. Black Monukka, 26605, 26606. Castiza, 27363. (Harput), 26895. (Mexico), 27007 to 27010. Ohanez, 27362. (Russia), 27349 to 27359. yellow, 26895. Grass, Creeping bent (South German), pe 200, Itahan rye (Chile), 27435. Rhodes. See Chloris gayana. Guava. See Psidium guajava. Hazelnut (Russia), 27345 to 27348. Fledysarum sp., 26669. Helianthus annuus, 27430, 27431. Hemp (China), 26841, 27194. Heracleum sp., 26881. Mibiscus sp., 26769. sabdariffa, 26619, 26620. 73527°— Bul. 207—11——7 Mi Hordeum sp., 26920 to 26922. vulgare, 26923. Hornbeam, Hurcpean. betulus. Yiusk-tomato. See Physalis irocarpa. Hyhpaene guineensis. 27011. See Carpinus Indigofera sp., 26598. inodes sp., 27342. Ivory nut, 27011. “Jacana.” See Lucuma multiflora. Jasminum sp., 26672, 26685, 26766. Judas tree. See Cercis siliquastrum. Juglans mandshurica, 27409. Juniper (Russia), 26688, 26884. Junvperus excelsa, 26688. oxycedrus, 26884. Kafir plum. See Ximenia caffra. ‘*Karroobush.” See Pentzia incana. Kennedia stirlingi, 26929. - Lathyrus sp., 26572. parvifolius, 26607. sativus, 26612. Laurel (Chile), 27482. Laurel cherry (Russia), 27360. Laurelia sempervirens, 27432. Laurocerasus officinalis, 27360. Lemon (Russia), 27058. Ligustrum sp., 26767. vulgare, 26877. Limonia acidissima, 26496. Linden (Russia), 26892. Lathrea caustica, 27433, 27434. Lolium multiflorum, 27435. Lonicera pileata, 27047. syringantha, 27410. Loquat (China), 26901. Lucuma multiflora, 26768. Malus sp., 27108. baccata, 26681. ~ falcata, 26927, 27268, . 27375, 27394. hispida denticulata, 27343. lupulina, 27437. j minima, 26674, . 27060, 27061, 98 Medicago orbicularis, 26673. marginata, 26573. microcarpa, 26677. rigidula, 26675, 27190. agrestis, 26676. ruthenica, 27267. sativa, 26536 to 26540, 26621 to 26642, 26758, 26759, 26911, 27026, 27101 to 27105, 27201 to 27259, 27261 to 27266, 27269 to 27287, 27364, 27365, 27367 CO; 27309-) 2d (lt 2713 (2a Oo he to 27381, 27385 to 27391, 27395 to 27397, 27399, 27438. sativa gaetula, 26590. varia, 27215, 27216, 27229, 97238, 27245, 27258, 27960, 27261, 27262, DiOk: 27088, 271266, DR. Wee. DEE 927382 to 27384, 27394, 27398. : Melia azedarach, 26500. Melilot (Russia), 26816, 27092. (Spain), 27463 to 27477. Melilotus sp., 27092. alba, 27463. dentata, 27464, 27465. indica, 27439, 27466 to 27468. tommasinu, 27469. italica, 27470. messanensis, 27471. segetalis, 27473. speciosa, 27472. suaveolens, 27291, 27474. taurica, 26816, 27475 to 27477. wolgica, 27292. Meyer, Frank N., seeds and plants obtained, 266138 to 26618, 26666 to 26688, 26761 to 26767, 26801 to 26817, 26862 to 26886, 26891 to 26894, 27049 to 27072, 27089 to 27095, 27151 to 27157, 27172 to 27193, 27302 to 27304, 27335 to 27360. Millet (Kashmir), 26925. Proso or Broom-corn. cum miliaceum. Siberian, 26857. Mispel. See Vangueria infausta. Morus alba, 26761, 27048, 27064. Mulberry, white. See Morus alba. Muskmelon (Russia), 27341. Myrica nagi, 26905. See Pani- Nephelium sp., 26658. lappaceum, 27166 to 27168. Nicotiana tabacum, 27174 to 27176. Nothofagus sp., 27440. Oak, white (Chile), 27440. Oat, Algerian, 26899. (Turkey in Asia), 26570. Olea europaea, 26801 to 26811, 27027, Z106a" ATL, 27 ifo. Olive (Russia), 26801 to 26811, 27065, 27172, 27173. Wild (Turkey), 27027. Onobrychis viciaefolra, 26818. 207 ® SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. Ononis sp., 26668. Orange (Mexico), 26918. Natsu-mikan, 26494, 27032. (Russia), 27066, 27067. Oryza sativa, 27321 to 27334. Pacouria capensis, 27014. Paliurus spvna-christi, 26879. Panicum miliaceum, 26925. Papaya (India), 27106. Papyrius sp., 26492. papyrifera, 26493. Passiflora ligularis, 26908. Pea, field, 26819. Peach (Chinese Turkestan), 26503. (India), 26472, 26985, 26986. (Manchuria), 27110, 27211. Nectarine, 26986. (Turkey), 26593. Wild. See Amygdalus davidiana. See also Amygdalus spp. Pear, Himalayan, 26987. (India), 26474. (Manchuria), 26485 to 26489, 26591, 27020. (Russia), 26763, 26764, 27062, 27063. See also Pyrus spp. . Pennisetum pedicellatum, 26476. Pentzia incana, 26650. Persea americana, 26689 to 26730. Persimmon (China), 26902, 26903, 26949. (Japan), 26490, 26491, 27034 to 27043, 27086 to 27088, 27479. Philadelphus sp., 27089. Phleum japonicum, 27293. Phoenix dactylifera, 26477 to 26484, 26946 to 26948, 26980. xX canariensis, 26850. Photinia villosa laevis, 27188. Physalis ixocarpa, 27480. Picea obovata schrenkiana, 27025. Pinus armandi, 27046. Pistacia terebinthus, 26571. Pisum arvense, 26819. Pittosporum viridiflorum, 26600. Plum (Russia), 27059. Wickson, 26833. Plum-apricot, 27031. Pomegranate (China), 26794 to 26797. (Russia), 27049 to 27057, 27186. Pomelo (Java), 26933. Poplar (Russia), 26613, 26614, 26812. Populus sp., 26812. balsamifera suaveolens, 26613. berolinensis, 26614. Potato (Arizona), 27158. (Chile), 27452, 27453. Chilean, 26517 to 26535. Primrose (Russia), 27068. Primula vulgaris, 27068. Privet (Russia), 26877. Prune. See Prunus domestica. Prunus sp., 27059, 27107, 27413. armeniaca, 26473, 26502, 26832, 27109. INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES, ETC. 99 Prunus avium, 27154 to 27157. . canescens, 27411. cerasus, 26471. dasycarpa, 27031. domestica, 26828 to 26831. mandshurica, 27412. mucrocar pa, 27303, 27337. pseudo-cerasus, 26793. sibirica, 26648, 26649. stmonii, 26886. triflora X ?, 26833. Psidium araca, 26757. Jriedrichsthahanum, 26756. guajava, 26755. Psoralea sp., 27093. Pterygota alata, 26938. Pumca granatum, 26794 to 26797, 27049 to 27057, 27186. protopunica, 26511, 26919. Pyrus sp., 26485 to 26489, 26591, 27020. balansae, 27129. chinensis, 27097. communis, 26474, 27062, 27063. wregularis, 27130. longipes, 27131. michauxi, 27132. niwalis, 27133. elaeagrifolia, 27134. pashia, 26987. salicifolia, 26680, 26763, 26764. simon, 27098. sinai, 27135. Quercus dentata, 26945. Quince (China), 26562. Radish (China), 26906. Ramie. See Boehmeria nivea. Raphanus sativus, 26906. Ravensara aromatica, 27099. Rheum nobile, 26501. Rhodes-erass, 26851. ““Rhodesian teak,’’ 26602. Rhodomyrtus tomentosa, 26856. Rhus coriaria, 26785. Ribes petraeum, 26617, 26683. Rice (Egypt), 27333, 27334. - (Philippine Islands), 27321 to 27332. Robinia pseud-acacia, 26800. Rosa sp., 26866 to 26869, 27165, 27180 to 27182. gallica X ?, 26618, 26687. gigantea, 27301. laevigata, 26791, 26792. sericea, 27309, 27414. Rose, Cherokee, 26791. variety anemone, 26792. (China), 27165. (Portugal), 27301. (Russia), 26618, 26687, 26866 to 26869, 27180 to 27182. Roselle, Victor, 26620. See also Hibiscus sabdariffa. Rubus fruticosus, 27312 to 27320, 27441 to 27450. Ruscus aculeatus, 26882. ( hypoglossum, 27193. 207 Sagittaria sp., 26983. ~ Saguerus pinnatus, 26937. Sainfoin. See Onobrychis viciaefolia. Salix babylonica, 26762. viminalis pallida, 26616. splendens songarica, 26615. vtiellina, 26671. Sand lucern. See Medicago sativa varia. ‘‘San-quat,’’ 26912. Sapodilla. See Sapota zapotilla. Sapota zapotilla, 26934, 26935. ‘““See Koo,’’ 26983. Sesame, black, 26505. white, 26506. Sesamum orientale, 26505, 26506. Sclerocarya caffra, 26654. Sideroxylon sp., 26656. Solanum sp., 26517 to 26535, 27452, 27453. commersonii, 26939 to 26943. jamesu, 27158. Sophora macrocarpa, 27454. Sorbus sp., 26870, 27185. alpina, 27136. americana, 27137. aria graeca, 27138. aucuparia, 27028 to 27030. lanuginosa, 27139. domestica, 27184. heterophylla, 27140. latifolia, 27141. Sorghum, Durra var. tinctorium, 27161. Soy bean, black, 26643, 26839, 26840, 27198. (China), 27196 to 27198. green, 26645, 27197. (India), 26839, 26840. (Manchuria), 26643 to 26646. olive brown, 26644. yellow, 26646, 26858, 27196. Spartium junceum, 27451. Squash (Chile), 27422. Stizolobhium sp., 26663 to 26665, 27164. Strawberry (Chile), 27423 to 27429. (Russia), 27069. tree. See Myrica nagi. Strychnos sp., 27455. Sugar apple. See Anona squamosa. Sumac, Sicilian, 26785. Sunflower (Chile), 27430, 27431. ‘“Susfa.’’ See Trifolium alexandrinum. 26787, Teramnus sp., 27006. Tilia sp., 26892. Tobacco (Russia), 27174 to 27176. Trachycar pus excelsus, 26907, 27456. Trebizond date. See Hlaeagnus angusti- folia. Trichloris mendocina, 26651. Tricholaena rosea, 27142. Trifolium sp., 26575 to 26578. alexandrinum, 26917. johnstoni, 27143. perreymondi, 27145. pilulare, 26574. pratense, 27457. scabrum, 27144. 100 Trigonella sp., 26678. calliceras, 27294. coerulea, 27146. corniculata, 27147. cretica, 27148, 27295. gladiata, 27296. ovalis, 27149. polycerata, 27150. Triticum durum, 274658. Turnip, Yellow Finland, 26790. | Ulmus sp., 26891. Undetermined, 26602, 27095, 27459 to 27462. 26894, 26912, Vangueria infausta, 27016. Viburnum lantana, 26880. Vicia sp., 26579. faba, 26596. Vigna catjang, 26580. sesquipedalis, 26661, 26662. unguiculata, 26592, 26660, 26844, ZIN99: Vinca sp., 27094. Viola sp., 26863, 26864, 27070, 27192. Violet (Russia), 26863, 26864, 21192. 207 27070, @ SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. | Vitis pagnuccit, 27415. | Wayiaring tree. Virola sebifera, 27013. titanea, 27416. vinifera, 26566, 26605, 26606, 26895, 27007 to 27010, 27349 to 27359, ZI 3GL, DiBOo: Watermelon (Chinese Turkestan), 26504. Princess Marie, 27299, 27300. (Russia), 27340. See Viburnum lantana. Wheat (Chile), 27458. Willow (Russia), 26615, 26616, 26762. 26671, Wood-oil tree, China. See Aleurites fordii. Ximenia caffra, 27015. Yam. See Dioscorea alata. ‘“Yoyouvetima,’’ 26657. Yuzu, 26568, 27478. Zanthoxylum chensi, 27417. Zea mays, 26887 to 26890, 26913 to 26916, 26950 to 26958, 26991 to 27000, 27073 to 27082. Zizania latifolia, 26760, 26944. | Ziziphus lotus, 27162. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY—BULLETIN NO. 208. — B. T. GALLOWAY, Chief of Bureau. — hy \y | _ DURING THE PERIOD FROM APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1910: INVENTORY No. 23; Nos. 27481 ro 28324. Issurp Aprin 29, 1911. Wes —— it LEE i) fy 1Z 2 P WASHINGTON : ~GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1911. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY—BULLETIN NO. 208. B. T. GALLOWAY, Chief of Bureau. SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED DURING THE PERIOD FROM APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1910: INVENTORY No. 23; Nos. 27481 To 28324. IssureD Aprit, 29, 1911. aS WASHINGTON : GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1911. BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY. Chief of Bureau, BEVERLY T. GALLOWAY. Assistant Chief of Bureau, WILLIAM A. TAYLOB Editor, J. E. ROCKWELL. Chief Clerk, JAMES E. JONES. FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION, SCIENTIFIC STAFF. David Fairchild, Agricultural Explorer in Charge. P. H. Dorsett and Peter Bisset, Expert Plant Introducers. George W. Oliver, Expert Propagator. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer. Stephen C. Stuntz, Botanical Assistant. H.C. Skeels and R. A. Young, Scientific Assistants. Henry F. Schultz, Agent, in Charge of Subtropical Introductions. E. C. Green, Pomologist, in Charge of South Texas Plant Introduction Garden, Brownsville, Tez. Robert L. Beagles, Agent, Acting in Charge of Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, Cal. : Edward Simmonds, Gardener, in Charge of Subtropical Plant Introduction Garden, Miami, Fla. John M. Rankin, Expert, in Charge of Yarrow Plant Introduction Garden, Rockville, Md. Edward Goucher, John H. Allison, W. H. F. Gomme, and Roy F. Mann, &£xzperts. 208 2 LETPER OF TRANSMITTAL U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF, Washington, D. C., January 5, 1911. Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith and to recommend for publication as Bulletin No. 208 of the series of this Bureau the accompanying manuscript, entitled ‘“‘Seeds and Plants Imported during the Period from April 1 to June 30, 1910: Inventory No. 23, Nos. 27481 to 28324.” This manuscript has been submitted by the Agricultural Explorer in Charge of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction with a view to publication. Respectfully, Wo. A. TayLor, 7 Acting Chief of Bureau. Hon. JAMES WILSON, Secretary of Agriculture. 208 s > Introductory statement CON TENCE S. LPR ODI Yo. on a 3 Gio Ses SR a ee a nam EaimicniMOnEor Me wanamMe. © 20 c Se ee el kee owe ca wee ae c be wok abies indexsorcommon and scientific Mames, C6C .. 20.5.2... ce ccc eee cc wee eee eee 208 , oe 7 J ro a “ - ; : . faa tt - x oa S IS , - E La ? 2 > es RS f a tu « . i : lh i s ° | “ , i chy are " . ky 5 Sa Sale alc aOR aes os a 4 \ ‘ ee at . B. P. I.—541. SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED DURING THE pero TRON APRIL Ff TO" JUNE 50, 1910: INVENTORY NO. 28; NOS. 27481 TO 28824. INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT. This quarterly inventory, covering the period from April 1 to June 30, 1910, contains the collections of only one agricultural explorer in the field, Mr. Frank N. Meyer, whose collecting during this period was confined to the mountains of the Caucasus, where he went pending permission from the Russian authorities to enter Chinese Turkestan. _ Among the 154 introductions which he found worthy of sending in are the Erivan alfalfa (No. 27980), which the agriculturists in that region have found to be longer lived than the Turkestan variety ; a perennial Medicago with large leaves, growing at an altitude of 4,000 feet, which promises to be of use in breeding new strains of hardy alfalfa; a collection of hard-fleshed table grapes, some of which have unusual keeping and shipping qualities (Nos. 27538-27540 and 27620-27650); a dry-land Caucasian beech (No. 27662); scions from wild trees of ashrubby species of pear for use as a dwarfing stock (Pyrus nivalis elaeagrifolia, No. 27670); a collection of Caucasian peaches (Nos. 27614-27619); and scions of the true Paradise apple (Malus pumila, No. 27968) cut from wild trees, for experiments with the crown gall, which was found by Mr. Meyer very prevalent in the French nurseries of dwarfed apples from which importations are made to America. Of the plants sent in by correspondents, those experimenting with the different materials used in paper making will be interested in the Japanese species Abelmoschus manihot (No. 27493), the muci- laginous juice of which is used by the paper makers of Japan as a size for their handmade papers. A new and delicious fruit introduction by Mr. Walter Fischer, of Para, which he thinks will live in the Ever- glades, is the Rollinia (No. 27579), which grows on the lowlands along the mouth of the Amazon and occurs in Paraguay (Nos. 27609 and 27797). The Korean chestnut (No. 27587) will be of interest to those who are hunting for resistant species which are immune to the chest- nut-tree disease, which is doing such widespread damage. Forage- plant specialists of the New England States will probably wish to test 208 7 8 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. the three selected strains of Norwegian clover, the Molstad, Toten, and Hvinden’s, from Roikenvik (Nos. 27600, 27601, and 27602). Fiber ex- perts in Porto Rico, the Philippines, and Hawaii should have their atten- tion called to the Furcraea, from Costa Rica(No. 27777), which is said to have a fiber that is whiter than sisal and is considered of enough importance to be planted on a large scale in Central America. The erowing use, especially on the Pacific coast, of the winter muskmelon, or cassaba, makes the introduction of a series of these winter-ripening — melons (Nos. 27779-27788) from the Greek islands of Zante and Cephalonia of interest to the melon growers of the Southwest. Although maraschino as a liqueur is well known to Americans, the cherry from which it is made, which is grown on a few small islands in the Adriatic, seems with this introduction to be brought for the first time into America (No. 27791). To those in the Philippines, Hawaii, and Porto Rico who are engaged in the cultivation of rubber trees the introduction of the Sapiwm jenmani of Demerara (No. 27873), from which one of the highest priced rubbers in the world is obtained, can not fail to be of interest. The paint manufacturers, it is learned, import large quantities of euphorbium rosin from Morocco for use in the manufacture of rustless coatings for steel structures, and the introduction of the seed of the euphorbiaceous plant (No. 27955) from the mountain slopes of that country may lead to the creation of a home supply of this material. Seeds have been obtained of the nan mu tree of the Yangtze Valley (No. 28128), which furnishes the most famous of Chinese woods, used in the building of the imperial palaces. As this tree is said to be in danger of extinction and as it will probably grow in our Southern States, the introduction of seeds of it at this time is of special importance. Since the introduction in 1853, from France, of the Chinese sorgo, there seems to have been no reintroduc- tion of that particular strain until this year, when seed of this identical variety (No. 28024) was obtained by correspondence from Tsungming Island, at the mouth of the Yangtze. Guava cultivation in Florida and Porto Rico for the production of guava jelly has reached a stage when the introduction of a close relative of the guava from Para (britoa acida, No. 28061) will interest a considerable number of people because of its acid fruits. The call on the part of the California growers who supply table grapes to the eastern market for varieties that will better withstand shipment has become insistent and special efforts are being made to meet the demand. A collection of 13 varieties of table grapes from Servia is of interest in this connection (Nos. 27685-27697). For those breeders of the oriental and American persimmon who believe that the cultivation of this fruit plant can be developed into a great orchard industry, a search is being made after all the species of Diospyros which it is 208 APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1910. 9 thought can contribute to the production of better persimmons, and this inventory contains species from Mauritius, Bengal, the Caucasus, and Mexico. The total number of introductions listed, 844, is an average of over 280 a month, or 10 introductions each official day, which is more than 16 per cent above the average for any previous period, notwithstand- ing the fact that only one explorer has been in the field during this time. This may be taken as an indication of the increase in requests from experimenters for new material and in foreign correspondence which leads to the discovery of valuable foreign plants not heretofore introduced. Special attention is called to the increasing quantity of technical botanical matter included, particularly the geographic distribution of the rarer species. For this, as well as for the determination of the species, Mr. H. C. Skeels, working under the supervision of Mr. Frederick V. Coville, of the Office of Taxonomic and Range Investi- gations, is responsible. Miss Mary A. Austin, as heretofore, has had charge of the preparation of the inventory. Davin FAIRCHILD, Agricultural Explorer in Charge. OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION, Washington, D. C., December 17, 1910. 208 INVENTORY. 27481. MepricaGco sATIva L. Alfalfa. From Westbrook, Minn. Obtained from Mr. Gustave Rasche through Mr. Charles J. Brand. Received April 1, 1910. _ **This sample of Grimm was produced in the fifteenth year from Grimm seed taken to Westbrook from Waconia, Carver County, in 1893. The seed crop of 1909 is the tenth taken from the original planting. Mr. Rasche originally seeded 1 acre, using 15 pounds of seed. In15 years he has sold about 8 bushels of seed and increased his own acreage to 15. In the severe test at Dickinson, N. Dak., during the winter of 1908-9, this race, grown in rows 3 feet apart, proved to be one of the very hardiest.’’ (Brand.) 27482. JUGLANS NIGRA L. Black walnut. From Fresno, Cal. Sent by Mr. George C. Roeding, at the request of Mr. William A. Taylor, to the Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, Cal. Received April 1, 1910. “‘T would say that the ‘Peanut’ black walnut is not a hybrid form, but so far as can be determined is merely an unusual form of the native black walnut, Juglans nigra. ‘“The original tree is a seedling, now 70 or 80 years old, on the land of Mr. H. C. Kline, South Salem, Ohio. The attention of our Mr. W. N. Irwin was called to this tree some years ago by the fact that a large proportion, though not all, of the nuts were very slender and pyriform, quite unlike the usual form of the nut of this species. The kernels in these pyriform nuts are almost cylindrical, only one lobe of the kernel filling and maturing. It is not positively known whether these peculiarly formed nuts come from certain branches of the tree or not. The trees sent to Chico were propagated from scions cut from the original tree two years ago. I quote the fol- lowing characterization of the variety from the report on nut culture published by the Division of Pomology, in 1896: ‘Peanut (pl. 7, fig. 2)—Received from Mr. W. N. Irwin, South Salem, Ohio. It is a rather small, pyriform nut. Its name was given because of the resemblance of its kernel to that of the peanut. The shell is thin and is easily cracked, while the kernel, which is in the larger end of the nut, comes out entire. The peculiar form is apparently due to some defect in the pistil, as but one side of the nut ‘fills’ and matures. A large proportion, though not all, of the fruit on the tree is of this form each year. The kernel is white and of delicate flavor.’ ” ( Taylor.) 27483. ANONA CHERIMOLA Miller. Cherimoya. From Santa Barbara, Cal. Presented by Dr. F. Franceschi. Received April 6, 2910. “‘Fruit from the first tree planted in Santa Barbara some 40 years ago. The fruit when received weighed 134 ounces; its greatest diameter was 44 inches, and its least diameter was 34 inches.’’ (Franceschi and Dorsett.) 20S 11 1 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 27484. Diospyros TuPRU Hamilton. From Lal Bagh, Bangalore, Mysore, India. Presented by Mr. G. H. Krumbie- gel, economic botanist, superintendent of the Government Botanic Gardens. Received April 18, 1910. Distribution.—From the western Himalayas to the plains of Behar in the north- western part of India. 27485. RHEEDIA EDULIS (Seem.) Planch. and Triana. Sastra. From the Province of Chiriqui, Panama. Procured by the provincial engineer, through Hon. Joseph E. Le Fevre, Secretary of Fomento, Panama City, at the request of Mr. H. F. Schultz. Received April 18, 1910. ‘**A shrublike tree producing an edible fruit, about 1 to 14 inches in diameter, which the natives describe as a round berry. It has reddish, smooth skin and a pleasantly acid taste. It is not cultivated, but seems to be well known to the natives. I am informed that the fruit is produced in the dry season, January and February. The tree sends out a long tap root, and this fact discredits the statement made to me by natives that the tree is often found on dry places. ‘Dry’ places in this country are dry, there is no mistake about this, and if on wet locations, like those on which I found the only three trees I saw, it sends its long tap root down to where the ground is water-soaked every day in the year, it becomes very apparent that this long root is not given the tree in order to hold its own against ‘northers’ in exposed positions, but merely to go down to a perpetual supply of fresh water.’’ (Schultz.) Distribution.—In dense forests in the vicinity of Remedios, Province of Veragua, Panama. (Seeds.) 27486. CaRICA PAPAYA L. Papaya. From New Orleans, La. Presented by Mr. Sam Marshall, superintendent, Audubon Park. Received April 14, 1910. ‘These fruits can be pulled as soon as they show a few yellow spots, and are house ripened. They are very much like a muskmelon, being eaten with salt and pepper. This seed was produced by seedling plants that are 2 years old. They are rapid growers, but will not stand any degree of frost. The fruit grows in clusters and is round to oblong in shape. I think they would stand transportation. Have been told they are often to be had in our ‘French market’.”’ (Marshaill.) 2'7487 to 27489. SOLANUM sp. Potato. From Reading, England. Presented by Messrs. Sutton & Sons. Received April 1, 1910. Tubers of seed potatoes as follows: 27487. The Congo. 27489. Large red fir apple. 27488. Small white fir apple. 27490. BAMBOS ARUNDINACEA Retz. Bamboo. From Cochin, British India. Presented by Mr. Jean Houzeau de Lehaie, St. Symphorien, Belgium. Received April 2, 1910. ‘‘This species is easily propagated by cuttings by the method described by Riviere. ‘Regarding the climatic conditions which it demands, I may say that it has only been sent to Algeria and to Sukhum-Kale, in the Caucasus. It seems to develop best at Sukhum-Kale, though it is colder there than at Algiers. Why, I have no idea. If I am not mistaken, the lowest temperatures met with at Sukhum-Kale are between —3° and —5° C.; temperatures taken with the thermometer sheltered. 208 APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1910. 13 2'7490—Continued. “The B. spinosa (=B. arundinacea) grows (when it is vigorous) in the manner best adapted to protect its young stems from herbivora, Riviére says. The stems branch out from the base, and their spiny branches, overhanging to the ground, prevent ani- mals from approaching the trunk and eating the tender young stems. This makes it difficult to establish hedges, for one has to spare the lateral branches from the base in order to protect the young shoots of the following year, and under these conditions transplantation is painful, or else it is necessary to protect the plants during their first years, which is not practicable.’’ (De Lehavie.) (Seed.) 27491 and 27492. PUERARIA spp. From Darjiling, Bengal, British India. Presented by Mr. G. H. Cave, curator Lloyd Botanic Garden. Received April 6, 1910. Seeds of the following: 27491. PUERARIA PHASEOLOIDES (Roxb.) Benth. Distribution.—Common in northern and eastern India, Malacca, and the southern part of China. 27492. PUERARIA sp. 27493. ABELMOSCHUS MANIHOT (L.) Medic. From Yokohama, Japan. Purchased from the Yokohama Nursery Co. at the re- quest of Mr. Charles J. Brand. Received April 6, 1910. ‘The root of this plant is used by the Japanese as a size for their handmade papers, which are prepared from the inner bark of Edgeworthia gardnert and several varieties of the paper mulberry. The root is macerated in water and added to the paper pulp.” (Fairchild.) ‘The mucilage is obtained from the roots of this plant as follows: Wash off the dirt, soak in fresh water for some hours, and crush them to pieces. The substance thus pre- pared should then be put in a linen bag and soaked again in water. When the mate- rial gets thoroughly soft, the juice comes out of the bag by manipulating in the vat in which pulp has been previously mixed to receive the paste. The bag should be squeezed now and then, as the mucilage does not come out by itself. The paper maker can judge whether sufficient mucilage is in the water or not by its glutinous consistency. This is the best mucilaginous plant extensively used in Japan.”’ ( Yoko- hama Nursery Co.) (Seed.) Distribution.—Scattered throughout the Tropics; naturalized in the southern part of the United States from Florida to Texas. 27494. DiospYROS TESSELLARIA Poir. a From Reduit, Mauritius. Presented by Dr. B. Boname, director, Agricultural Station. Received April 6, 1910. ‘A tree, or shrub, with alternate, oval, or ovate, glabrous leaves. Flowers densely clustered, sessile, arising from lateral nodules on the young branches. The fruit is edible and is globular or ellipsoidal in form. The wood is valuable.’’ (Extract from Hiern, Transactions Cambridge Philosophical Society, vol. 12, pt. 1, p. 176.) (Seed.) Distribution.—In the forests of the highest parts of the island of Mauritius. Prob- ably produces the ebony of Mauritius; fruits edible. 27495 and 27496. From Kingston, Jamaica. Presented by Mr. Aston W. Gardner, manager, The Tangley Fruit Co. Received April 7, 1910. 208 14 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 27495 and 27496—Continued. Cuttings of the following: 27495. MANGIFERA INDICA L. Mango. Mazagon. See No. 7042 for previous introduction. 27496. CITRUS DECUMANA (L.) Murr. Pomelo. Seedless white variety. 27497. JUNIPERUS PACHYPHLOEA Torr. Collected in the Alamo National Forest, New Mexico. Received through Mr. Raphael Zon, chief of silvics, U. 8S. Forest Service, April 6, 1910. See Nos. 24621 and 24624 for previous introductions. 27498 to 27501. GLYCINE HISPIDA (Moench) Maxim. Soy bean. Grown at Arlington Experimental Farm, Virginia, season of 1909. Numbered for convenience in recording distribution, April 14, 1910. Seeds of the following. Notes by Prof. C. V. Piper: 27498. “Chromium green; late. Grown under temporary number 0867, from seed found in cowpea No. 23307, from Peking, China.”’ 27499. “Straw yellow; very late. Grown under temporary number 0869, from Mr. W. W. Williams, Ingang, Fukien, China.”’ 27500. “Straw yellow; very late. Grown under temporary number 0888, from Rev. J. M. W. Farnham, Shanghai, China.” 27501. ‘Olive yellow; very late. Grown under temporary number 0889, from Rev. J. M. W. Farnham, Shanghai, China.”’ 27502 to 27504. Viana unGuricuLATA (L.) Walp. Cowpea. From Coimbra, Portugal. Presented by the Director, Royal Botanic Garden. Received April 6, 1910. ; Seeds of the following: 27502. Small black seeded 27504. Blackeye. - 2'7503. Small tan seeded. 27505. JUNIPERUS PROCERA Hochst. East African cedar. From British East Africa. Procured through Mr. Raphael Zon, chief of silvics, Forest Service, Washington, D. C. Received April 8, 1910. ‘Kast African cedar occurs abundantly in all the drier forests in the mountains of British East Africa at altitudes of from 7,000 to 11,000 feet, and occasionally extend- ing as scattered specimens as low as 5,500 feet. It occurs mainly on the western slopes of the mountains, in what is known as the Kenia Forest, but is entirely absent from the wet southeastern side of the mountains. It appears to attain larger dimensions than any other juniper and often has a tall, straight, mastlike trunk. The largest specimen on record is at an altitude of approximately 9,850 feet, and has a mean diam- eter of 12 feet 4 inches and contains about 1,546 cubic feet of timber, of which prob- ably about one-third is unsound. The tree has a serviceable bole of 65 feet and a total height of about 110 feet. The trunk forks a short distance from the ground, very likely as the result of fire. The wood is of great value and is scarcely distinguishable from the typical cedar of the familiar lead pencil. It is wonderfully durable in con- tact with the soil, and old trunks of great age in all stages of slow decay are found throughout the forest. Unfortunately, standing trees are very liable to decay, which detracts considerably from the value of the tree. 208 APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1910. 15 2'7505—Continued. ‘‘The climate of the Kenia Forest varies from wet to very wet. On the south slope the rainfall is estimated at from 80 to 120 inches a year, and on the southeastern side the forest never becomes sufficiently dry to burn. On the western side, where the East African cedar grows, the rainfall is estimated at from 50 to 90 inches a year, the cedar usually being situated in the drier portions of the forest. The temperature, like that of most tropical countries, is comparatively equable with but little difference between mean summer and mean winter temperatures. At altitudes of 6,000 to 8,000 feet the extremes of temperature rarely go below 45° or above 70° F. The region is described as having a typically pleasant and invigorating extratropical climate. There is a rainy season from March to May, during which time it rains heavily, while during the drier season, from December to February, there are usually only occasional showers.’’ (Compiled from Colonial Report No. 41, East African Protectorate, 1907, by D. E. Hutchins, and the Report on the Forests of British East Africa, 1909, by D. E. Hutchins.) ‘Owing to the climatic conditions under which this tree grows it is doubtful whether it will succeed in this country, except, possibly, in Florida.’ (Zon.) 27506 to 27509. PHASEOLUS LUNATUS L. Bean. From Tamatave, Madagascar. Procured by Mr.William J. Morse, from the Bureau of Manufactures, Department of Commerce and Labor, April 2, 1910. Seeds of the following: 27506. White. 27507. White with red speck on hilum, 27508. White streaked with red. 27509. White speckled with red. 27510. GARCINIA MANGOSTANA L. Mangosteen. From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the Director, Department of Agriculture. Received April 9, 1910. See No. 25887 for description. (Seed.) 27511. AMYGDALUS PERSICA L. Peach. From Kwangning, Manchuria. Procured by Mr. Edward C. Parker, Bureau of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce, Mukden, Manchuria, from a peach tree in the gardens of Rey. William Hunter. Received April 9, 1910. 27512 to 27517. From Russia. Received through Mr. Frank N. Meyer, agricultural explorer, April 6, 1910. Seeds of the following: 27512. Dtiospyrros totus L. From Batum, Caucasus, Russia. ‘‘(No. 1258a, February 24, 1910.) A wild persimmon growing all through the Crimea and the Caucasus, where the coun- tries border the Black Sea. The small, black fruits are called ‘Churma’ and are sold everywhere to the native population as sweetmeats. The Russians in the Caucasus utilize this persimmon as a stock for D. kaki, but claim that the grafting or budding is rather difficult. As this species is extremely drought and heat resistant, it is highly recommended as a stock for large-fruited per- simmons in regions of the United States where the winters are mild and the summers dry and hot. 208 16 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 27512 to 27517—Continued. ““The trees themselves are ornamental, but the fruits are too small to be ever - used by the white races as a dessert.’’ ( Meyer.) See also S. P. I. Nos. 17173, 17905 to 17907, 18266, 18599, 19395, 22370, and 22599 for previous introductions. Distribution.—Southern Europe and Asia; native from the Caucasus recion eastward through northern India and central China to Japan; naturalized in the European countries bordering on the Mediterranean. 27513. CICER ARIETINUM L. Chick-pea. From Batum, Caucasus, Russia. ‘‘(No. 1259a, February 24, 1910.) These chickpeas are locally called ‘Arnout’ and are said to come from the vicinity of Anapa, Northern Caucasus. They are much eaten here by the natives and the Russians, generally boiled in soups or served with meat stews, also roasted and sugared and eaten as a sweetmeat. To be tested especially in the semi- arid sections of the United States.’’ ( Meyer.) 27514. Triticum purum Desf. ' Wheat. From Batum, Caucasus, Russia. ‘‘(No. 1260a, February 25, 1910.) A winter wheat of first quality, called ‘Kriek Bogda;’ said to come from Samsun, Asia Minor; costs 3 rubles per pood in Batum. To be tested in mild-wintered semi- arid sections of the United States.’’ ( Meyer.) 27515. Triricum puRuM Desf. Wheat. From Batum, Caucasus, Russia. ‘‘(No. 126la, February 25, 1910.) A winter wheat of second quality, coming from the same locality as the pre- ceding (S. P. I. No. 27514); costs 2.80 rubles per pood in Batum. Recom- mended for the same localities as the preceding.”’ ( Meyer.) 27516. Guepitrsia caspica Desf. From Livadia, Crimea, Russia. ‘‘(No. 1262a, January 25, 1910.) A honey locust growing to be a tall tree, found along roads and in thickets, perhaps escaped. A good shade tree for the semiarid sections of the United States where mild winters prevail.’’ ( Meyer.) 27517. Guepirsia caspica Desf. From Nikita, Crimea, Russia. ‘‘(No. 1263a, January 24, 1910.) Collected from a tall tree in the Botanical Garden at Nikita. Recommended for the same localities as the preceding number (S. P. I. No. 27516).”’ (Meyer.) 27518. ALEURITES FORDII Hemsl. China wood-oil tree. From China. Purchased from Messrs. L. C. Gillespie & Sons, New York, N. Y. Received April 7, 1910. See S. P. I. No. 25081 for description. 27519. GREWIA CANA Sond. *“*Kafir raisin.’’ From Bloemhof District, Transvaal, South Africa.. Presented by Prof. J. Burtt Davy, Government agrostologist and botanist, Transvaal Department of Agri- culture, Pretoria. Received April 9, 1910. ‘“‘This is a common bush of the southwestern Transvaal, about 4,000 faet altitude, subject to light frosts, growing to a height of 4 to 5 feet. It is generally found on outcrops of the dolomite limestone in districts having a rainfall of 20 inches in sum- mer and with a winter drought lasting about six months. The berries are small, but produced in quantity; each contains a large stone, and the percentage of flesh 208 APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1910. ila | 2'7519—Continued. | is small. The flesh is sweet;and the berries are eaten by Kafirs and white children. \ It is possible that the fruit might be improved under cultivation.’ (Davy.) (Seed.) Distribution.—A branching shrub growing on the mountains in the southwestern part of Transvaal Colony and the northwestern part of Orange River Colony. 27520. CERVICINA UNDULATA (L. f.) Skeels. (Campanula undulata L. f. Suppl. 142. 1781.) ( Wahlenbergia undulata DC. Monog. Campan. 148. 1830.) The genus Cervicina was established by Delile (Fl. d’Egypte, vol. 6, pl. 5) in 1813, the type and only species being Cervicina campanuloides Delile. The name Wahlenbergia was apparently first used by Schrader (Cat. Hort. Goetting.), in 1814. This catalogue, which it has not been possible to consult, appears to have contained a mere list of botanical names not accompanied.by descriptions, and Wahlenbergia was not, therefore, technically published in that place. The next use of Wahlen- bergia is by Roth (Nov. Sp. Ind. Orient. 399), in 1821, where Wahlenbergia elongata of Schrader’s catalogue is cited and described, and Campanula capensis L. cited as a synonym, making it the type of the genus Wahlenbergia. While Cervicina cam- panuloides Delile and Campanula capensis L. are very different plants, they are considered by all recent botanical writers to be congeneric, and the name Cervicina, being older, has been used in place of Wahlenbergia by various authors, including Druce (Fl. Berkshire 324. 1897), Hiern (Cat. Welw. Afr. Pl. 1: 631, 1898), and Moore (Journ. Bot. 41: 402. 1903), a precedent which is here followed. From Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Presented by Prof. J. Burtt Davy, Government agrostologist and botanist, Transvaal Department of Agriculture. Received April 9, 1910. ‘“This plant is said to be much eaten by ostriches, as well as by other stock, includ- ing horses. One farmer claims that it is preferred to lucern, and -that it keeps green and grows through the dry winter. It is a perennial, and prefers freshly turned, rather moist, sandy soil. It is widely distributed over the eastern Transvaal, from Pretoria eastward, at an altitude of 4,700 to 5,500 feet, with a rainfall of 26 to 33 inches, falling only in summer.’’ (Davy.) Distribution.—Linneus gives the habitat of Campanula undulata as Cape of Good Hope, without locality. The species is found in the coast region of South Africa, extending from the vicinity of Tulbagh, in the southwestern part of Cape Colony, through Uitenhage, the Albany district, and Caffraria, northeastward to the Albert district in Orange River Colony, and to Port Natal in Natal. 27531 to 27537. From San Giovanni a Teduccio, near Naples, Italy. Purchased from Messrs. Dammann & Co. Received April 11, 1910. Seeds of the following: 27531 to 27533. DoricHos LtaBLaB L. Bonavist bean. 27531. Variety albus. 27533. Variety sudanensis. 27532. Variety atropurpureus. 27534. Do.LicHos Lianosus L. 27535. GLYCINE HisPIDA (Moench) Maxim. Soy bean. Brown. 73528 °—Bul. 208—11—_—2 18 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 2'7531 to 2'7537—Continued. 27536. Capsicum ANNUUM L. Pepper. Sweet Spanish. ‘‘A medium-sized, somewhat elongated, nonpungent, sweet form of red pepper, having a highly developed red color and characteristic aroma. It is grown especially in Spain and is ground to form a sort of paprika marked by high color, sweet taste, and lack of pungency. It is hoped that this pepper will do well in this country and that its production may become a small industry here.’’ (R. H. True.) 27537. CapsicUM ANNUUM L. Pepper. Szegedin Rose paprika or Hungarian paprika. ‘“This form of red pepper belongs to the group of medium-sized, somewhat elongated forms represented by a number of cultivated varieties. Its rather mild pungency, its very deep red color, and rather characteristic aroma com- bine to produce the commercial article known to the spice trade as Hungarian or Szegedin paprika. It is prepared for the market in different ways and with different degrees of care and yields paprika differing in quality according as the whole pod, the pod less the seeds, or the mere wall less the seeds and placentae are ground. ‘“This crop is grown commercially in the neighborhood of Szegedin and Kalocsa, in Hungary. It is ground in Hungary or in Austria and enters foreign commerce chiefly as a powder. ‘‘Tt has been introduced into South Carolina, where, under the guidance of the Bureau of Plant Industry, U. 8. Dept. of Agriculture, a small industry has been established. The yield for 1909 was about 45,000 pounds of dried pods. Owing to the limited demand for the product, this industry is likely to remain a small one, limited to the localities most favored in the matter of soil, climatic and labor conditions.’”’ (R. H. True.) 2'7538 to 27540. VirTis vINIFERA L. Grape. From Quirili, Caucasus, Russia. Received through Mr. Frank N. Meyer, agri- cultural explorer, April 8, 1910. Cuttings of the following: 27538. From Quirili, Caucasus, Russia. ‘“(No. 469, March 1, 1910.) A fine table grape bearing heavy bunches of blue-black fruits. It is of local Caucasian origin and is called ‘Dondrelabi,’ much forced in greenhouses in England under the name ‘Gros Colmant de Caucase.’ Obtained from the experimental station near Quirili.’”’ ( Meyer.) 27539. From Quirili, Caucasus, Russia. ‘“(No. 470, March 1, 1910.) A native Crimean variety of table grape, ripening very early. It bears the name of ‘Schaus.’ The individual berries are of small size, but form long bunches; color, pale yellow; taste, very sweet; a popular variety and much exported. Obtained from the experiment station near Quiril.’? ( Meyer.) 27540. From Quirili, Caucasus, Russia. ‘“(No. 471, March 1, 1910.) A native Caucasian table grape, called ‘Kundza.’ Berries and bunches are medium large; color, white; of fresh, sweet taste; stands shipping very well. Recommended as an export table grape for Cali- fornia. Obtained from the experiment station near Quirili.”’ ( Meyer.) 208 APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1910. 19 Q54l. ELAEAGNUS ANGUSTIFOLIA L. From Mamuret-ul-Aziz (Kharput), Turkey. Presented by Mr. Wilham W. Masterson, American consul. Received April 8, 1910. “These are cuttings of the small-seeded variety which over here seem to be more | inclined to bush and spread, while those of the larger kind are inclined to go into a _ heavier growth.’’ ( Masterson.) See Nos. 26594 and 26595 for description. 27553 to 27558. From Choon Chun, Korea. Presented by Mr. J. Robert Moose. Received April 4, 1910. Seeds of the following: 27553 to 27555. ANDROPOGON sorGHUM (L.) Brot. 27553. Kowliang. Blackhull. ‘‘ Apparently typical of the variety.’’ (Carleton R. Bail.) 27554. Kowliang. Brown. ‘‘Seeds rather large; glumes short, transversely shouldered, greenish to reddish brown, glabrous; perhaps a dwarf variety.’”’ (Carle- ton R. Ball.) 27555. Kowliang. Brown. ‘‘Seeds large; spikelets large, obovate; glumes vary from deep straw color to light brown.’’ (Carleton R. Ball.) 27556. CHAETOCHLOA ITALIcA (L.) Scribn. Millet. ‘This millet is the finest variety I have ever seen. It makes fine hay, but is grown here because of its value as a foodstuff for the people; in many parts of the country it is the staple food the year around; it is boiled and eaten instead of rice, and makes an excellent breakfast food. There is big money for the man who will introduce it in the United States, properly prepared as a breakfast food.’’ (Moose.) 27557. GLYCINE HISPIDA (Moench) Maxim. Soy bean. Yellow seeded. 27558. PERILLA FRUTESCENS (L.) Britt. See No. 22419 for previous introduction. 2'7559 to 27564. From Togo, German East Africa. Presented by Mr. G. H. Pape, through Mr. A. B. Conner. Received April 4, 1910. Seeds of the following: 27559. CANAVALI OBTUSIFOLIUM 27562. INDIGOFERA sp. (Lam.) DC. 27563. Lotus sp. 27560. Cassia OCCIDENTALIS L. 27564. Lorus sp. 27561. CROTALARIA sp. 277566. CITRUS sp. From Kiaying, China. Presented by Mr. George Campbell. Received April 14, 1910. ‘‘Cuttings of the great Chinese lemon. I saw a specimen which sprawled over a wide space and was said to yield about 150 pounds of fruit every year, mainly used for pre- serves, or rather, candying, like citron.’’ (Campbell.) 208 20 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 27567. ANONA CHERIMOLA Miller. Cherimoya. From Chile. Presented by Mr. Hervey Gulick, Gatico, Chile. Received Aprii 15, 1910. ‘‘This seed 1s from a tree that Ihave notseen. ‘The fruit is pear shaped and the size of a large orange, occasionally reaching 6 inches in diameter. The flavor is a little pitchy or piney, but very good. The tree grows in the central part of Chile, also in Peru, semitropical climates. Central California should be suitable for its growth.”’ (Gulick.) 27568 to 27570. From Ceylon, India. Procured by Mr. Albert J. Perkins. Received April 11, 1910. Seeds of the following: 27568. BomMBAX MALABARICUM DC. ‘‘A large tree with a buttressed base like southern cypress; large maroon flowers, and pods which contain a cotton that is used in making fabrics.” (Perkins.) 27569. CANAVALI GLADIATUM (Jacq.) DC. White seeded. 27570. Poncam pinnata (L.) W. F. Wight. Distribution.—A tall, erect tree or climber with glabrous branches and leaves, found in India from the central Himalayas to Ceylon and Malacca, and throughout the Malayan islands to the northern part of Australia. 27571 and 27572. From Ancon, Canal Zone, Panama. Presented by Mr. N. E. Coffey, quartermas- ter, Ancon Hospital, at the request of Mr. H. F. Schultz. Received April 18, 1910. Seeds of the following: 27571. CARYOPHYLLUS JAMBOS (L.) Stokes. Rose-apple. See No. 2941 for description. Distribution.—Probably native of India; cultivated and naturalized from India to Australia. 27572. CHRYSOPHYLLUM CAINITO L. Star-apple. ‘‘One of the most common fruit trees indigenous to the Canal Zone and fre- quently cultivated in the native (Panama) and West Indian settlements. The trees attain a height of from 25 to 75 feet and are characterized by their magnificent evergreen foliage, dark green above, and aureate, sometimes glau- cous, beneath. The fruit is highly prized by the natives, but, on account of the milky and gluelike juice it contains, it is not in as general favor among Ameri- cans as its otherwise pleasant taste would indicate. It has the size and appear- ance of a small apple, globose and regularly 6 to 10 celled, so that, when halved, the inside of the fruit presents a star-shaped formation, each segment con- taining one seed, rarely, through abortion, none. ““The color of the berry is pale green, blue, or purple; in the case of this introduction the fruit is purple, but it is not supposed to come true to form through seeds. The pulp has a jelly-like consistency and, when fully ripe, a rich yet delicate flavor.’’ (Schultz.) Distribution.—Cultivated and probably native in Panama, Colombia, Peru, Guiana, and the West Indies. 208 APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1910. 21 27574, DATURA sp. From Monterey, Cal. Presented by Mr. H. A. Greene, through Mr. Peter Bisset. Received April 26, 1910. A supposedly red-flowered variety. 27575. CARICA PAPAYA L. Papaya. From Dongola, Ill. Purchased from the Rose Valley Nurseries, Martin Lewis Benson, proprietor. Received April 23, 1910. ‘“‘The female plants of this variety bear a fruit the size of a large muskmelon and are as easily fruited under glass as the tomato. The male plants produce in long racemes and in large clusters enormous quantities of beautiful, waxlike, star-shaped flowers.’ (Rose Valley Nurseries.) (Seed.) 27576 to 27579. From Para, Brazil. Presented by Mr. Walter Fischer, acting director, Campo de Cultura Experimental Paraense. Received April 25, 1910. Seeds of the following: 27576. PasPALUM MARITIMUM Trin. ‘““This grass is the first to take possession of clearings, and is much relished by cattle, and consequently highly valued by the natives. It grows with astonish- ing rapidity, throwing out runners 20 to 30 feet in length in a very short time. Its height when in flower is 2 to 3 feet. It has a rather thick rhizome, which does not dry out easily, and consequently makes the grass very hard to extermi- nate when once established. For Florida it would probably make an excellent sand binder and pasture. This grass, according to Dr. Huber, here, has never been named, and it is not known whether it is indigenous or introduced. From its behavior it would appear to be introduced.”’ (Fischer.) Distribution.—In the Provinces of Bahia and Para, in Brazil, and in the Guianas. 27577. AMBELANIA TENUIFLORA Muell. Arg. ‘“This is called here Pepino do mato, i. e., cucumber of the woods, or wood cucumber. It is a yellow fruit about the size and shape of a small cacao fruit. It contains two seed cavities surrounded by a white flesh of rather firm consis- tency containing an abundant supply of latex. It is not a fruit that I could recommend very highly. I have not been able to eat it, although it is eaten by the natives.’ (Fischer.) Distribution.—In the primeval woods along the banks of the Amazon in the Province of Para, Brazil. 27578. RHEEDIA MACROPHYLLA (Mart.) Planch. & Triana. ““Bacury pary (pronounced Bah-coo-reé pah-reé). This is a yellow or orange- - yellow fruit the size of an egg, with a very pronounced beak at the calyx end and filled with four seeds, each surrounded by a very small quantity of agreeable- tasting and refreshing acidulous pulp. This tree is said to be quite common about Para, but as yet I have not seen one, having purchased the fruits on the market. The basketful as I purchased it smelled exactly like a basketful of gooseberries.”’ (Fischer.) Distribution.—French and Dutch Guiana and the valley of the Amazon in the Province of Para, Brazil. 27579. RowiInia ORTHOPETALA A. DC. “‘This is, as Prof. Baker wrote, the finest anonaceous fruit in tropical Amer- ica. It is the only one of those which I have tasted that I liked, and on first trial 208 2D, SEEDS-AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 2'7576 to 27579—Continued. I immediately pronounced it delicious. The seeds are enveloped in a large quantity of pulp, which is of a custard-like consistency and of a very agreeable acidulous taste. I donot know what fruit it resembles most in taste. It would undoubtedly do to try in the Everglades, as it grows here in localities which are often flooded for some time during the rainy season.’’ (Fischer.) Distribution.—Paraguay and the adjacent parts of Brazil and Argentina. 27580. SESBAN GRANDIFLORUM (L.) Poir. From Poona, India. Received through Mr. P. 8. Kanetkar, director, Empress Botanic Gardens, April 27, 1910. ‘A small tree of very rapid growth, with large flowers and short life. It thrives in any irrigated soil. The flowers and young pods are a favorite vegetable.’’ (Wood- row’s Gardening in India, p. 279.) Preparation of Sesban grandiflorum asa vegetable: The parts used are: (1) The tender shoots, (2) the fresh flowers, (3) the pods in a tender state, (4) the seeds in tough pods. The tender shoots are chopped fine, boiled, and the boiled water is thrown away. Salt, chili powder, and ‘‘masala,’’ or condiment powder, are added for flavor. Boiling sweet oil (one-half ounce to the pound of vegetable), to which is added asafetida and whole mustard and cumin seeds, is poured on the boiled vegetable. The oil is mixed with the vegetable, which is now kept on a slow fire for seasoning, the pot being cov- ered to condense the steam. The flowers are washed clean and the standard petal and pistil are taken out of each flower (it is not understood why these are rejected). The chopped flowers are subjected to a slight steaming in a vessel. Afterwards salt, chili powder, and con- diment powder are added. From this preparation three different dishes can be made: (a) A sour dish, which is obtained by adding curds and pouring boiled oil (one-half ounce to the pound of vegetable) or ghee, preferably the latter, to which mustard (one thirty-second to one-half ounce of oil), asafetida (5 grains to one-half ounce of oil), and cumin seeds (one thirty-second to one-half ounce of oil) are always added while boiling. (6) Curry can be made from the stuff by adding water, proportionate salt, chili powder, turmeric powder, and a little gram pulse flour to give it consistency. The curry must be well boiled—one-eighth of the water should steam out. Then boiling oil, to which mustard, asafetida, and cumin seeds are added, is poured into the curry. After a little further boiling the curry is ready for use. (c) To the steamed preparation gram pulse flour is added sufficient to make it thick; salt, chili powder, and condiment powder are added and the whole is placed in a vessel on a slow fire to dry off. The tender pods are cut up into half-inch and inch bits and boiled and then either made into curry like (6) or a solid vegetable like (c). When made into curry, gram pulse about one-fourth the volume of the bits of pods is boiled with them. A sour dish can also be made from the boiled pod bits like (a). The seeds, before they get tough, are usually mixed with the pod bits when made into curry. No special dish is made from the seeds. The ‘‘masala” (this is a Bombay word) or condiment powder referred to above is made up of the following, fried in sweet oil—2 ounces asafetida, 2 ounces cloves, 2 ounces cinnamon leaves, 2 ounces cinnamon bark, 4 ounces turmeric, 2 pounds cori- ander, 2 ounces cumin seed, 2 ounces Carum nigrum, 2 ounces coconut kernel, 4 ounces sesame, 208 APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1910. 23 2'7580—Continued. The whole plant has mild purgative properties and the vegetable preparations above described are not much indulged in. (Kanetkar.) Distribution.—Plains of the western peninsula of India and from the island of Mauritius eastward to the northern part of Australia. 27586. VIGNA UNGUICULATA (L.) Walp. Cowpea. From Honolulu, Hawaii. Presented by Mr. F. G. Krauss, agronomist, Hawaii Experiment Station. Received April 20, 1910. ‘“Wilcox. A cowpea which, so far as I have been able to determine, originated in our trials of 1907, either as a mutant or rogue. As it does not resemble any of the half dozen varieties we have been growing in recent years, I do not think it is a hybrid. It is far ahead of anything we have grown in cowpeas. In the fully developed form, before drying, the pods are a beautiful deep crimson.” (Krauss.) 27587. CaSTANEA sp. Chestnut. From Yokohama, Japan. Purchased from the Yokohama Nursery Co. Re- ceived April 11, 1910. Korean. 27598 and 27599. Zra mays L. Corn. From Mexico. Procured by Mr. Sam E. Magill, American consul, from José Maria M. Sotomayor. Received April 13, 1910. Seeds of the following: 27598. ‘‘Apepitillado” produced near Ocatlan. 27599. “ Apepitillado” produced near Ocatlan by Vidal Gutierrez. Note.—These packages were broken open and the seed probably mixed. 2'7600 to 27602. ‘TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE L. Red clover. From Roikenvik, Norway. Presented by Mr. Lars Hvinden. Received April TS; 1910: Seeds of the following: 27600. Molstad. 27601. Toten. “These two clovers are late varieties and should not be grown on marshy soil, but they stand the severest cold for three and four years in Norway.”’ (AHvinden.) 27602. Hvinden’s. ‘‘A red clover which I by chance have discovered. It has grown on my farm for years and gave the richest crops I ever saw. It is earlier than Molstad and Toten clover and can be cut twice in the sum- mer.’? (Hvinden.) 2'7603 to 27608. MELILOTUS spp. From St. Petersburg, Russia. Presented by Dr. A. Fischer v. Waldheim, director, Royal Botanic Gardens. Received April 4, 1910. Seed of the following: 27603. MELILOTUS DENTATA (Waldst. & Kit.) Pers. 27604 to 27606. Metitotus rnpica (L.) All. 27607. MeELILoTusS rTauica (L.) Lam. 27608. MeLitoTUS MESSANENSIS (L.) All. 208 24 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 27609 and 27610. Ro.Lurta spp. From Horqueta, Paraguay, South America. Presented by Mr. T. R. Gwynn. Received April 20, 1910. Seeds of the following; notes by Mr. Gwynn: 27609. ROoLLINIA ORTHOPETALA A. DC. ‘‘Aratecuy Yvird maté. A good-sized tree, as large as the orange; is hand- some and has splendid foliage. The fruits are small.’’ Distribution.—Paraguay and the adjacent parts of Brazil and Argentina. — 27610. Ro.uLIniIA EMARGINATA Schlecht. ‘‘Aratacu-quatu. This is a small bush growing here in the open camp in almost any soil. The fruit is large and the best class of all according to my thinking.”’ See No. 25528 for previous introduction. 27611 to 27650. From Erivan, Caucasus, Russia, close to the frontiers of Persia and of Asia Minor. Received through Mr. Frank N. Meyer, agricultural explorer, who obtained them from the Government Experimental Fruit Garden at Erivan, March 28, 1910. Received April 14 and 30, 1910. ‘‘Erivan is situated at an elevation of 3,229 feet above sea level. The climate is decidedly semiarid with even a slight degree of aridness. The winters are cold with very little snow, the summers hot and dry; there are heavy rains at intervals in the spring and fall. The climate as a whole seems to resemble very much that of the southern Rocky Mountain region. All the crops are irrigated in summer.”’ Cuttings of the following: 27611. ELAEAGNUS ANGUSTIFOLIA L. ‘““(No. 711.) of southern Europe, where it is probably introduced. 27703. CyYDONIA sp. Quince. ‘‘Vranya.’’ Vranya is a town in southern Servia. 27704 to 27713. From Hankow, China. Presented by Mr. A. Sugden. Received April 14, 1910. Seeds of the following; notes by Mr. Sugden: 27704. CANAVALI GLADIATUM (Jacq.) DC. 27705. Pisum ARVENSE L. Pea. Field variety. 27706. Pisum sativum L. Pea. Field variety. 27707. GLYCINE HISPIDA (Moench) Maxim. Soy bean. Yellow seeded. e 27708. GLEDITSIA SINENSIS Lam. ‘“Grows to be a large tree. Pods used for washing clothes.” Distribution.—The provinces of Chihli, Kiangsu, and Chekiang in the Chinese Empire. 27709. GYMNOCLADUS CHINENSIS Baill. ‘‘Soap is made from this by pounding the pod and is used for washing the person, as it is scented. The seed is used much as we use bluing. The leaf is said to be large and long.”’ See No. 26281 for previous introduction. 208 APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1910. 33 27704 to 27713—Continued. 27710. CucursiTaA PEPO L. ‘‘ An ornamental orange gourd, deeply grooved, green at center of ends.”’ 27711. Cucursita PEpO L. ‘‘Similar to the above, but deep red.”’ 27712. LAGENARIA VULGARIS Ser. ‘“Small, yellow gourd which hangs on the plant all winter. Has a fluffy white flower.”’ 27713. SoLtanum mMamMosvum L. ‘‘Five-finger gourd, from Canton, has large, thorny leaves, and a deep-yellow fruit which lasts on the plant or when picked for a long time, and is both highly ornamental and quaint; there are four small fingers sticking out from the base, on which it is able to stand. The Chinese use itasan ornament. Size of fruit about 3 by 2 inches. Would probably require heat to fruit.’ 27714 to 27723. From ‘tuz..5, Caucasus, Russia. Received through Mr. Frank N. Meyer, agri- cultural explorer, April 20, 1910. Collected by him March 14, 1910. Cuttings of the following: 27714 to 27719. Morus apa L. Obtained from the Experiment Station for Sericulture in Tiflis. Suitable for experiment in the mild-wintered semiarid sections of the United States. 27714. ‘‘(No. 475.) Variety pendula. An interesting’ variety of the weeping mulberry, making twigs often 10 feet long, which hang straight down. Very beautiful when grafted high, that is, from 10 to a 20 feet above the ground. Of value as a cemetery and park tree.’’ ( Meyer.) 27715. ‘‘(No. 476.) Variety globosa. An ornamental mulberry, hay- ing a dense globular head. May be grafted either high or low and can be used to advantage in gardens where somewhat formal outlines are to be preserved.’’ ( Meyer.) 27716. ‘‘(No. 477.) Variety pyramidalis. A robust variety of mul- berry, looking, at a distance, very much like a pyramidal poplar. Of value as a lining tree along paths and driveways in places where tall fastigiate trees are not wanted.’’ ( Meyer.) 27717. “‘(No. 478.) Variety latifolia. A variety of mulberry having large leaves and bearing large, dark berries of good taste, ripening from the middle of June until the middle of September. Of value as an ornamental and fruit tree.’’ (Meyer.) 27718. ‘“‘(No. 479.) Variety italia. See also Mangifera indica. Mangosteen. See Garcinia mangostana. Maytenus boaria, 28111, 28112. Medicago sp., 28039, 28040, 28042, 28043, 28046, 28152. arabica, 27675. arborea, 28276, 28277. blancheana, 28064. carstiensis, 27794. falcata, 28041, 28070, 28071. X sativa, 27739 to 27754, 28296 to 28308. hispida, 28066, 28226. confinis, 28009, 28062. denticulata, 27795, 27796, 28065, 28225. nigra, 28063, 28067, 28068. orbicularis marginata, 28227. rigidula, 28069. sativa, 27481, 27803, 27979 to 27982, 28037, 28278. glutinosa, 28046. truncatula, 28228. Medlar (Servia), 27701, 27702. Melilotus dentata, 27603, 27972. indica, 27604 to 27606, 27978. italica, 27607. messanensis, 27608. Mespilus germanica, 27701, 27702. Meyer, Frank N., seeds and plants ob- tained, 27512 to 27517, 27538 to 27540, 27611 to 27650, 27662 to 27674, 27675, ZiGS4, 2114 ton27 123, 20769 to 27tnos 27801 to 27829, 27848 to 27845, 27933, 27961 to 27968, 27979 to 27995, 28022, 28023, 28039 to 28047, 28152, 28264 to 28266. Millet (Korea), 27556. (Manchuria), 28048. Pearl. See Pennisetum america- num. Proso. See Panicum miliaceum. 208 Millet (Russia), 27827, 27828, 27994. Mimusops coriacea, 27852. kauki, 27679. Momordica zeylanica, 28284. Morus alba, 27714 to 27719. nigra, 27720. Mulberry (Russia), 27714 to 27720. Muskmelon (Greece), 27779 to 27788. (Russia), 27664, 27805, 27988 to 27991. Nicotiana tabacum, 28191. Nothofagus sp., 28118. Oak (China), 27925. Oat (Russia), 28320. Ocimum basilicum, 27812. Ohelo berry. See Vaccinium reticulatum. Okra (Russia), 27810. Oleaster. See EHlaeagnus angustifolia. Onion (Russia), 27663, 27809. Opuntia, spineless, 27935. sp., 27935. Orange, Bergamot. See Citrus bergamia. Oryza sativa, 27682, 27683, 28056, 28158 to 28175, 28304, 28305. Paeonta mlokosewitschi, 27674. Panicum fasciculatum, 28196. miliaceum, 27827, 27828, 27994, 28028. Papaya (Guatemala), 28197. (Mexico), 27793. See also Carica papaya. Paspalum maritimum, 27576. Passiflora sp., 28010. Pea, field (Chile), 28114. (China), 27705, 27706. (Russia), 28314. Peach (Manchuria), 27511. (Russia), 27613 to 27619. Pear (Russia), 27670, 27770. (Servia), 27699. Pennisetum americanum, 27885. Peony, yellow (Russia), 27674. Pepper, Hungarian Paprika, 27537. Sweet Spanish, 27536. Szegedin Rose paprika, 27537. Perilla frutescens, 27558. Persea americana, 28086. Phaseolus sp., 28190. aconitifolius, 27886, 28030. angularis, 28052. coccineus, 27817. INDEX OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES, ETC. Phaseolus lunatus. 27506 to 27509. radvatus, 28053. vulgaris, 27818 to 27826, 27984, 27985. _ Physalvs alkekengi, 28317. Pineapple, John Williams Improved Smooth Leaf, 28198. Pinus gerardiana, 28034. _ Pistache (Russia), 27993. Be eee er * Pistacia vera, 27993. Pisum arvense, 27705, 27974 to 27976, 28114. satiwwum, 27706, 28314. umbellatum, 27977. - Plum (Servia), 27700. — Polygonum tinctorwum, 27949. Pomegranate. See Punica granatum. Pomelo (China), 28156. Seedless white, 27496. Pongam pinnata, 27570. Poplar (Russia), 27721 to 27723. Populus sp., 27723. alba, 27721, 27722. Potato (Chile), 27903. (England), 27487 to 27489. (Peru), 27839. (Russia), 27651 to 27659. Primula floribunda, 28229. japonica, 28230. : mollis, 28231. rosea, 28232. verticillata, 28233. Protea mellifera, 28016. Prunus sp., 27700, 28022. avium, 27771. cerasus marasca, 27791. Psidium guajava, 28087, 28134, 28181. laurvfolium, 28088. Pterocarya fraxinifolia, 27768. Pueraria sp., 27492. phaseoloides, 27491. Punica granatum, 27772 to 27774, 27961, 27962, 27965 to 27967. Pyrus sp., 27699. communis, 27770. nivalis elaeagrifolva, 27670. Quercus sp., 28176. cornea, 27925. Quince (Servia), 27698, 27703. Quinoa. See Chenopodium quinoa, 208 87 Radish (Russia), 27807, 27808. Raphanus sativus, 27807, 27808. Raspberry (Peru), 28011. Rhamnus pallasii, 27669. Rheedia edulis, 27485, 27932. macrophylla, 27578. Rice (China), 28158 to 28175. (French Indo-China), 28304, 28305. (Manchuria), 28056. (Philippine Is.), 27682, 27683. Ricinus communis, 28115. Rollinia sp., 27797. emarginata, 27610, 28135.’ orthopetala, 27579, 27609. Rosa alpina, 28234. blanda, 28235. canina, 28236. gallica, 28237. gigantea, 28230. hibernica, 28238. macrophylla, 28239. multiflora, 28240. rugosa, 28241. tomentosa, 28242. villosa, 28243. virginiana, 28244. Rose-apple. See Caryophyllus jambos. Royena pallens, 27958. ‘ Rubber (British Guiana), 27873. (Paraguay), 27874. Rubus sp., 28011. ‘*Russian olive. ”’ folia. Saccharum officinarum, 28193. Salsola arbuscula, 28321. Sambucus ebulus, 28245. Sapindus saponaria, 27950. Sapium jenmani, 27873. Sapodilla. See Sapota zapotilla. Sapota zapotilla, 28083. Sastra. See Rheedia edulis. Satureja hortensis, 27813. Saxaul. See Haloxylon ammodendron. Sesban grandiflorum, 27580. Sicana odorifera, 27969, 28012, 28125. Solanum sp., 27487 to 27489, 27839. etuberosum, 27903.. mammosum, 27713. melongena, 27666. tuberosum, 27651 to 27659. Sorbus sp., 28177. See Elaeagnus angusti- 88 INDEX OF COMMON AND Sorghum, Durra (India), 27877 to 27879. Kowliang, Blackhull, 27553. Brown, 27554, 27555, 28027. (Korea), 27553 to 27505. (Manchuria), 28057, 28058. (Tsungming Island, China), 28027. Sorgo (China), 28038. Chinese, 28024 to 28026, 28290 to 28292. (Kansas), 27764. (Tsungming Island, China), 28024 to 28026, 28290 to 28292. Soy bean, black, 28051. brown, 27535. green, 27498. olive yellow, 27501. yellow, 27499, 27500, 27557, 27707, 28049, 28050. Spondias dulcis, 28090. Star-apple. See Chrysophyllum caimito. Sterculia foetida, 27661. Stizolobium sp., 27978. Sugat-apple. See Anona squamosa. Sugar cane (Japan), 28193. Tabebuia sp., 28285. Tea, red (China), 28178. Thea sinensis, 28178. Theobroma cacao, 28091, 28092. Tila sp., 27667. Tobacco (Paraguay), 28191. Trachycar pus excelsus, 28179, 28180. Trifolium sp., 28044, 28045. lupinaster, 28313. montanum, 28311. pannonicum, 28312, 28324. pratense, 27600 to 27602, 28036, 28309, 28310. Triphasia trifoliata, 27778. Triticum sp., 27875, 27876, 28013. aestivum, 27995. durum, 27514, 27516. Tropaeolum majus, 28246. minus, 28247, 208 O SCIENTIFIC NAMES, ETC. ——— att i as a bo Tulip (Russia), 27845. Tulipa eichleri, 27845. Ulex europaeus, 28248. Undetermined, 27874, 28264. Vaccinium reticulatum, 27952, 27953. vitis-idaea minor, 27951. Vicia faba, 27983. satwa, 28315. villosa, 28093. Vigna sesquipedalis, 27887. unguiculata, 27502 to 27504, 27586, 27859 to 27872, 27930, 28014. Villaresia mucronata, 28116. Viola arenaria, 28249. canina, 28250. cornuta, 28251. cucullata, 28252. elatior, 28253. ericetorum X ruppit, 28254. lirta, 28255. mirabilis, 28256. munbyana, 28257. odorata, 28258. persicifolia, 28259. pratensis, 28260. rostrata, 28261. tricolor, 28262. Vitis winifera, 27538 to 27540, 27620 to 27650, 27685 to 27697, 27963, 27964.” Walnut (Chile), 28099 to 28109. black, peanut, 27482. Watermelon (Roumania), 27856 to 27858. (Russia), 27804, 27986, 27987. Wattle, black. See Acacia decurrens. We fruit or golden-apple. See Spondias dulcis. Wheat (Egypt), 27875, 27876. (Peru), 28013. (Russia), 27514, 27515, 27995. Wood-cucumber. See Ambelania tenui- flora. Wood-oil tree, China. See Aleurites fordii. Zea mays, 27598, 27599, 27936 to 27946, 28015. Ziziphus mauritiana, 28129. oxy phylla, 28130. SS SO og s *, ek 4 sed eye We i ( mgs _ U. Ss. . DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY—BULLETIN NO. 233, Brox 32 ees ” -B. T. GALLOWAY, Chief of Bureau. Bes: Bi > EN RE ~ DURING THE PERIOD FROM JULY 1 | TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1910: PS . INVENTORY No. 24; Nos. 28325 ro 28880. Ree g Issuep NovemBer 27, 1911. 3 % Beh ¢ ( = ee ze VACRICULTURE >So COMMER _ oa = 3 V Cir 1 4 es _ See WASHINGTON: 3 See GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 2s A AOL, be > DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY—BULLETIN NO. 223. B. T. GALLOWAY, Chief of Bureau. SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED DURING THE PERIOD FROM JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1910: INVENTORY No. 24; Nos. 28325 To 28880. Issu—ED NovEMBER 27, 1911. <7 — SANS WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, 1911, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY. Chief of Bureau, BEVERLY T. GALLOWAY. Assistant Chief of Bureau, WILLIAM A. TAYLOR. Editor, J. E. ROCKWELL, Chief Clerk, JAMES E. JONES. FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION. SCIENTIFIC STAFF. David Fairchild, Agricultural Explorer in Charge. P. H. Dorsett and Peter Bisset, Expert Plant Introducers. George W. Oliver, Expert Propagator. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer. Stephen C. Stuntz, Botanical Assistant. H. C. Skeelsand R. A. Young, Scientific Assistants. Henry F. Schultz, Agent, in Charge of Subtropical Introductions. E. C. Green, Pomologist, in Charge of South Texas Plant Introduction Garden, Brownsville, Tex. Robert L. Beagles, Agent, Acting in Charge of Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, Cal. Edward Simmonds, Gardener, in Charge of Subtropical Plant Introduction Garden, Miami, Fla. John M. Rankin, Erpert,in Charge of Yarrow Plant Introduction Garden, Rockville, Md. Edward Goucher, John H. Allison, and W. H. F. Gomme, Experts. 223 2 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Bureau or PLant INpDustTrRY, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF, Washington, D. C., June 6, 1911. Str: I have the honor to transmit herewith and to recommend for publication as Bulletin No. 223 of the series of this Bureau the accompanying manuscript, entitled ‘‘Seeds and Plants Imported during the Period from July 1 to September 30, 1910: Inventory No. 24; Nos. 28325 to 28880.” This manuscript has been submitted by the Agricultural Explorer in Charge of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction with a view to publication. Respectfully, Wo. A. Taytor, Acting Chief of Bureau. Hon. James WILSON, Secretary of Agriculiure. 223 i CONTE NTs: Page Paroninenoimvestatementercnst ses ea ene a kee ek. cae does oe Uf ine MLOM ere eee Cis ha oth cee ct. OR Se ae 11 EMigieaitoneotsnewpMAMEeSsex,.22 4s I ore eee geo koe 64 index on common and scientific names, etc........05 0000-50222 b i eee e eects 65 223 B. P. 1.—680. SEEDS AND PLANIS IMPORTED DURING THE PERIOD FROM JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 380, 1910: INVENTORY NO. 24; NOS. 28825 TO 28880. INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT. No satisfactory test can be made of a new plant to determine its economic value until many months, or even years, have passed since its introduction. To emphasize those included in this inven- tory before they are tested may therefore appear somewhat prema- ture, but it seems warranted for the reason that while in the printed descriptions new plants which arrive may seem much alike and equally interesting, to those who see all the correspondence which has led up to their introduction some of the new arrivals stand out as of special promise. Those interested in the cover-crop problem of the California orange growers will notice the importation of a half ton of seed of the Pales- tine kirsenneh (Vicia ervilia, No. 28761) and 500 pounds of seed of another Palestine lezume (Lathyrus sativus, No. 28762), and will note also the opinion expressed by Mr. Aaron Aaronsohn that the Lathyrus will make a quicker growth in the California orange or- chards than Vicia ervilia and will have an advantage over the fenu- ereek that is now used there in that seed can be obtained cheaper. | The unusual interest in the mango in Florida, Porto Rico, and Hawaii has made it desirable to get the best East Indian varieties as rapidly as possible to increase the collection, which now numbers more than a hundred sorts. Some of these are early and others late ripen- ing sorts; others have unusual keeping qualities; while still others are in the form of seeds imported for the purpose of originating new varieties. As pointed out by Mr. Walter T. Swingle in his citrus work, seeds like the mango, which are polyembryonic, are likely to give rise through the unfertilized embryos to strains of the original variety, which are characterized by increased vigor and produc- tiveness. So much interest has been aroused in the possibilities of the oriental persimmon through the introduction of the Tamopan variety and the perfection by Mr. H. C. Gore, of the Bureau of Chemistry, of new methods by which the tannin can be rendered insoluble in a practical way and the fruit hold its firm texture that a special search is being 223 7 8 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. made for all the species of Diospyros which may in any way be of value for breeding purposes or as a stock. Special interest may attach to Diospyros peregrina(No. 28584), from Sibpur, Calcutta, from the fact that the expressed juice when boiled with powdered charcoal is used on a large scale for paying the bottoms of boats and that an excellent glue is made from the juice by the natives of the Malabar coast. Diospyros montana cordifolia (No. 28684), a tree which is found from the Himalayas to Australia and which bears small fruits the size of cherries, and Diospyros macrocarpa from Australia (No. 28343) have also been secured. Two strains of maize from the Kalahari Desert region of South Africa (Nos. 28614 and 28615) and a form from Zomba, Nyasaland Protectorate (No. 28661), may interest the corn breeders. Dr. A. Weberbauer, whose collections in the Peruvian Andes are well known, has sent two wild forms of Solanum from the region about Lima. One, which he believes to be Solanum maglia, is from the cool, cloudy Loma region and the other from the same vegeta- tion zone is an undetermined form (Nos. 28656 and 28657). Western China is known to have many wild species of Rubus, some of which are reported to bear fruit of unusual excellence. The vigor of the Chinese brambles and the early-ripening habit of certain of those already introduced have attracted the attention of plant breeders in this field, and the introduction of a species from the top of Mount Omei, on the Upper Yangtze, described by the sender, Dr. Edgar T. Shields, of Yachow, as ‘‘a delicious large yellow rasp- berry” can scarcely fail to attract their attention. Two of the best fruits of the Malay Archipelago are the ram- boetan and the kapoelasan, species of Nephelium. A Wardian-case shipment has been made from Java, containing three varieties of the latter (Nos. 28332 to 28334) and seven varieties of the former (Nos. 28335 to 28341), and an attempt will be made to propagate these on various stocks for distribution in Porto Rico, Hawaii, and the Panama Canal Zone. Dr. L. Trabut, the veteran experimenter of Algiers, has sent in seeds of the remarkably alkali-resistant grass Festuca fenas (No. 28355) from the Shott Khreida. A collection of medicagos and trifoliums from Beirut, Turkey, containing six species (Nos. 28788 to 28793) will be of use to those breeding these lezuminous plants. The khat plant of Yemen, on the west coast of Arabia, has been in cultivation for generations. Its fresh leaves are chewed by the Arabs almost universally in that region. To them life and hard work would be unendurable without khat, and every coolie, even the poorest, buys the leaf. The plant yields a marketable crop the sec- 992 mm JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1910. 9 ond year, is grown from cuttings, and is considered one of the most valuable cultures of the country. Plants have been secured and are now growing both from the Edinburgh Botanic Gardens and also direct from Aden, Arabia, through Mr. C. K. Moser, the American consul, who has furnished an interesting report on the industry. It is quite probable that this plant will grow in our southwestern country, but until the chemists and animal physiologists have closely examined the action of the alkaloid it contains, it will not be distri- buted to experimenters. Picea brewerrana of Oregon and California, which because of its appearance may be called the veiled spruce, is one of the rarest of all the spruces, and the seeds, though sought after many times, have so rarely been obtained that the distribution of more than a pound of fresh seed, received from Miss Alice Eastwood, is of unusual interest. The nomenclature in this inventory and the notes on geographical distribution have been prepared in the Office of Taxonomic and Range Investigations by Mr. H. C. Skeels, under the direction of Mr. Frederick V. Coville. The inventory was prepared by Miss Mary A. Austin, of this office. Davip FArRcuHILD, Agricultural Explorer in Charge. OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION, Washington, D. C., Apral 24, 1911. 223 net x t . ae Laas as bi epi ls eee oe ‘ 9 2 = | eS Z SES Say at tay A is 7 % eo grt wrx - es Protas Des RST Pad ria Da a NA RY 28325 and 28326. AGAVE spp. Zapupe. From Tampico, Mexico. Purchased from Mr. Mordelo L. Vincent. Received July 5, 1910. Suckers of the following: 28325. AGAVE LESPINASSEI Trelease. Vincent. ‘‘A fiber-producing agave, similar in appearance to sisal, with leaves 4 to 5 feet long, light green, armed with reddish marginal spines. Yields its first crop of leaves for fiber three to five years after planting and annual or semiannual crops thereafter for three to five years. The fiber is of the same class as the sisal of commerce, but is finer and more flexible. ‘This variety, developed on the island of Juana Ramirez, is regarded as one of the best of the half-dozen different kinds of zapupe cultivated in that region. It can be cultivated successfully only in places free from severe frost in winter.”’ (Lyster H. Dewey.) 28326. AGAVE ZAPUPE Trelease. Estopier. ‘‘A fiber-producing agave, similar in appearance to the henequen cultivated in Yucatan, but with more stender leaves. The leaves are 4 to 5 feet long, glaucous, and with dark-reddish marginal spines. The first crop of leaves may be cut three to five years after planting and annually or semiannually thereafter for three to five years, when the plant will send up a flower stalk bearing bulbils and then die. It may be propagated by both bulbils and suck- ers. The fiber is similar to sisal and may be used for the same purposes, viz, binder twine and other hard-fiber twines. ‘Cultivated most extensively in the vicinity of Tuxpam, Vera Cruz, Mexico, where it is called ‘zapupe azul’ because ofits bluishleaves. The variety Estopier has been improved somewhat by cultivation. Like all of the agaves cultivated for the production of fiber, it requires a climate practically free from frost.’’ (Lyster H. Dewey.) 283827. CaTHA EDULIS Forsk. Khat. From Edinburgh, Scotland. Presented by the regius keeper, Royal Botanic Garden. Received July 5, 1910. Plants. See No. 24714 for previous introduction, and No. 28825 for description. 28528 to 283380. From Kandawglay, Rangoon, Burma, India. Presented by the secretary of the Agri-Horticultural Society of Burma. Received July 2, 1910. Seeds of the following: 28328. PHYLLANTHUS EMBLICA L. Emblic myrobalan. See No. 25724 for description. 28329. ‘TERMINALIA BELLERICA (Gaertn.) Roxb. Belleric myrobalan. See No. 25541 for description. 28330. TERMINALIA CHEBULA Retz. Black myrobalan. See No. 25542 for description. 223 11 12 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 28331. ANDROPOGON sQquarRRoOsSUS L. f. Cuscus grass. From Peradeniya, Ceylon. Presented by Mr. M. Kelway Bamber, government chemist, Received July 2, 1910. Clumps. ‘“‘This plant grows in large dense tufts, with stout, spongy, aromatic roots, which are sparingly branched. It is grown to a considerable extent in the hills of Jamaica for the purpose principally of binding loose soils and forming embankments on steep hill- sides to prevent washing by rains. ‘‘Tn India the roots are used in making aromatic-scented mats, and also fans, baskets, and other articles. The roots also when distilled with water yield a fragrant oil which is used asa perfume. Used also as medicine in case of fever and bilious complaints.” (Extract from Botanical Department of Jamaica Bulletin B.S. vol. 7, 1900, pp. 152-153.) Distribution.—Throughout the plains and lower hills of India and Burma, rising to an elevation of 4,000 feet, and in Ceylon and Java, and tropical Africa. 28332 to 283841. NEPHELIUM spp. From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the Director of Agriculture. Received July 2, 1910. Plants of the following; notes by Mr. F. W. J. Westendorp in ‘‘Teysmannia,’’ 1910: 28332 to 28334. NEPHELIUM MUTABILE BI. Kapoelasan. 28334. Si babat. ‘‘Dark colored, almost black; not so common as some other varieties.’’ 28335 to 28341. NrEpHELIUM LAPPACEUM L. Ramboetan. 28335. Atjeh lebak boeloes. ‘‘This variety, aramboetan of the second rank, is handled in large quantities.”’ 28336. Atjeh goela batoe. ‘‘A variety of the first class, but can not be obtained in large quantities.” 28337. Atjeh tangkoeweh. 28338. Atjeh sikonto. The same remarks apply to this as to No. 28335. 28339. Aijeh lengkeng. 28340. Si njonja. 28341. Atjeh matjan. ‘“The two preceding ramboetans are of the first class and are the best commercial varieties.’’ For a general note on these fruits, see Nos. 25163 and 25165. 28342. COMBRETUM APICULATUM Sonder. From Komati Poort, Transvaal, South Africa. Presented by Prof. J. Burtt Davy, government agrostologist and botanist, Transvaal Department of Agri- culture, Pretoria. Received July 5, 1910. ‘‘Seed collected by me at an altitude of 600 feet. The climate is almost tropical and free from frost, the tamarind being grown there. J am not aware that this Com- bretum has any economic value beyond the fact that it is ornamental; it would be of interest in a tree collection in Florida, Louisiana, or southern California.’”’? (Davy.) Distributuon.—In the woods in the vicinity of Magaliesberg, in the Transvaal region of South Africa. 223 JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1910. 13 28343. DiosPYROS MICROCARPA (WJacq.) Gurke. From Sydney, New South Wales. Presented by Prof. J. H. Maiden, director and government botanist, Botanic Gardens. Received July 6, 1910. ‘‘A large shrub or tree 20 to 40 or even 100 feet high; trunk sometimes 2 feet in diameter. Leaves oblong or oval, alternate, palish green, especially beneath. Flow- ers dicecious, tetramerous (or rarely trimerous). Fruit globular or ovoid, 4 to ? inch thick, fuscous and glabrescent when ripe; edible; ultimately one-celled and one- seeded. Slender-growing tree with elongated trunk and elegant, rigid foliage. Wood close, very tough and firm.”’ (Extract from Hiern’s Monograph of Ebenacex, in Trans- actions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, vol. 12, p. 246.) Distribution.—In the forest region along the coast in New South Wales and Queens- land, Australia. 28344. CROTALARIA CANDICANS Wight and Arnott. From Poona, Bombay, India. Presented by Mr. P. 8S. Kanetkar, superintendent, Empress Botanical Gardens. Received July 9, 1910. “This crop is used for green manuring in the Madras Presidency. Out of that presidency it is not known.” (Kanetkar.) ‘ BERBERIS STENOPHYLLA Lindl. (P. I. G. No. 6493.) ‘‘A very ornamental evergreen variety.”’ 28379. BERBERIS THUNBERGII X VULGARIS. (BP. 1..G. No. 6302.) 28380. BERBERIS THUNBERGII X VULGARIS. (P. I. G. No. 6494.) ‘‘Third-generation plants from original hybridization.”’ 28381. CASTANEA PUMILA X SATIVA. (P. I. G. No. 6227.) This introduction had previously been assigned No. 26233, so the number 28381 will be discarded and 26233 used. 28382. CELASTRUS ARTICULATUS Thunb. (P. I. G. No. 6425.) Distribution.—In the provinces of Chihli, Shantung, Kiangsu, Kiangsi, Hupeh, and Kwangtung in China, in Chosen and the Korean and Nansei archipelagoes, and in the vicinities of Kiushu, Nagasaki, Yoko- suka, Shimoda, and Hakodate in Japan. 283838. CITRUS TRIFOLIATA L. (P. I. G. No. 6447.) ‘‘Taken from a tree growing in Monmouth County, N.J. Has endured —8° F. without injury.”’ 28384. DEUTZIA SCABRA X DISCOLOR. (P. I. G. No. 6549.) ‘‘One-year seedlings.”’ 28385. FRAGARIA FILIPENDULA Hemsl. (?) (P. I. G. No. 6566.) 28386. Fracaria inpica Andrews. (P. I. G. No. 6567.) 28387. FRAGARIA MOSCHATA Duchesne. (?) (ea 1--G. No.’6573.) | 28388. FRAGARIA sp. (P. 1. G. No. 6568.) Alfonso X jilipendula. 28389. [FRAGARIA sp. (P. I. G. No. 6219.) Alfonso XIII X President. 100939°—Bul. 223—11——2 18 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 28371 to 28531—Continued. 28390 to 28396. FREESIA REFRACTA (Jacq.) Klatt. 28390. (P.I.G. No. 6211). ‘x Freesia arbutus (F. leichtlinit X arm- strongt).”’ ‘‘An undisseminated hybrid; has large, sweet-scented, rosy lilac blooms, disposed in a conspicuous 2-ranked scape.”’ 28391. (P. I. G. No. 6414.) “F. armstrongi X commercial Refracte alba.”’ | 28392. (P.1.G. No. 6385.) ‘‘F. armstrong. X Purity (Refracta alba).”’ 28393. (P.I.G. No. 6224.) ‘“‘F. aurea X (chapman X armstrongt).”’ 28394. (P.1.G. No. 6450.) ‘“‘F. chapmani (F. aurea X refracta).’’ ‘The finest yellow-flowered Freesia; raised in England.’’ 28395. (P.1.G. No. 6196.) ‘‘F. refracta X armstrongi (selected).”’ 28396. (P.1.G. No. 6213.) ‘‘F. refracta X armstrong: (good variety).”’ 28397. GERBERA JAMESONI Bolus. (P. I. G. No. 6461.) See No. 25518 for description. 28398. GLADIOLUS ALATUS L. (P. I. G. No. 6206.) Dvistribution.—The southwestern provinces of Cape Colony and in Namaqualand, South Africa. 28399. GLADIOLUS ALATUS X CARDINALIS. (P. I. G. No. 6215.) 28400. GLADIOLUS ALATUS X COLVILLII (Delicatissima). (Pi. -G- No; 6378.) 28401 to 28429. ‘‘Various undisseminated hybrid gladioli and parent species.”’ 28401. GLADIOLUS ALATUS X PRIMULINUS. (P. I. G. No. 6536.) 28402. GLADIOLUS ALATUS X PRIMULINUS (Goldbug). (P. I. G. No. 6535.) 28403. GLADIOLUS ALATUS X TRISTIS. (P. I. G. No. 6208.) ‘‘Green flowered.”’ 28404. GLADIOLUS BYZANTINUS Miller. (P. I. G. No. 6207.) Variety albus. Dvistribution.—The countries bor- dering on the Mediterranean Sea. 28405. GLADIOLUS BYZANTINUS (albus) X PRIMULINUS. (P. I. G. No. 6199.) 28407. GLADIOLUS CARDINALIS Curtis. (P. I. G. No. 6214.) Queen Wilhelmina. 28408. GLADIOLUS CARDINALIS X GRANDIS. (P. I. G. No. 6203.) 28409. GLADIOLUS CARDINALIS X PRIMULINUS. (BSI GNox6386") 28410. GLADIOLUS COLVILL (Bride) X PURPUREO-AURATUS (Klondike). (P. I. G. No. 6201.) 223 JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1910. 19 28371 to 28531—Continued. 28401 to 28429—Continued. 223 28411. GLADIOLUS CRUENTUS Moore. (P. I. G..No. 6524.) Distribution.—Known only from Natal on the east coast of South Africa. 28412. GLADIOLUS CRUENTUS X a selected dark-red seedling. (P. I. G. No. 6528.) 28413. GLADIOLUS GRANDIS X ALATUS. (P. I. G. No. 6198.) 28414. GLADIOLUS GRANDIS X PRIMULINUS. (P. I. G. No. 6200.) 28415. GLADIOLUS PAPILIO X ‘‘ Precious.’’ (P. I. G. No. 6529.) 28416. GLADIOLUS PRIMULINUS X ‘‘Goldbug.”’ (BOE. G: No. 5527.) 28417. GLADIOLUS PRIMULINUS X GRANDIS. CRAG No: 6537.) 28418. GLADIOLUS sp. (No. 74) X PRIMULINUS. (P. I. G. No. 6384.) 28419. GLADIOLUS pPsITTAcINusS X ‘‘ Very Odd.’’ (P. I. G. No. 6530.) 28420. GLADIOLUS PURPUREO-AURATUS (Klondike) XX CARDINALIS (Delicatissima). (P. I. G. No. 6538.) 28421. GLADIOLUS QUARTINIANUS A. Rich. (P. I. G. No. 6526.) Distribution.—Mountains of tropical Africa from Abyssinia southward to Zambesia, Matabeleland, and Angola, rising to an elevation of 8,000 feet in Kassailand. 28422. GLADIOLUS QUARTINIANUS X (?). (Ber Ge No:.6531,) 28423. GLADIOLUS RAMOSUS (We plus ultra) X coLvILL (Express). CEE.Gs No. 6379:) 28424. GLADIOLUS SALMONEUS Baker. (P. I. G. No. 6525.) Distribution.—Occurs at an elevation of 4,800 feet on the mountain slopes in the vicinity of Kokstad, in Griqualand, eastern part of Cape Colony. 28425. GLADIOLUS SALMONEUS X QUARTINIANUS. (P. I. G. No. 6204.) 28426. GLADIOLUS TRISTIS X COLVILLII. (Be G2 Ne: 6377.) 28427. GLADIOLUS TRISTIS X VITTATUS. (P. I. G. No. 6451.) 28428. GLADIOLUS VITTATUS X PRIMULINUS. (P. I. G. No. 6197.) 28429. GLADIOLUS WATSONIUS X GRANDIS, (P. I. G. No. 6202.) 20 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 28371 to 28531—Continued. 28430. Hipiscus syriacus L. (P. I. G. No. 6546.) ‘‘A single-flowered, pure white seedling.”’ 28431. HEMEROCALLIS AURANTIACA (MAJOR) X CITRINA. (P. 1. Ge No.-6519.) 28432. HEMEROCALLIS MAGNIFICA Hort. (P: IG. No:6300;) 28433. HEMEROCALLIS MAGNIFICA X FLORHAM. (P.-1.G::No76298,) 28434. HIPPEASTRUM RUTILUM X VITTATUM. (P. I. G. No. 6423.) ‘‘Fine, red-flowered varieties, blooming when foliage is fully developed.’’ 28435. HIpPEASTRUM VITTATUM X (?). (P. I. G. No. 6413.) 28436. IRIs ATROPURPUREA ATROFUSCA Baker. (P12 G. No: 63975) 28437. IRIs ATROPURPUREA Baker. (P. I. G. No. 6458.) Distribution.—Imported from Syria. 28438. IrRIs BARTONI Foster. (P. I. G. No. 6469.) Distribution.—The vicinity of Kandahar in the south- ern part of Afghanistan. 28439. IRIS BISMARCKIANA Baker. (P. 1. G. No. 6402.) Distribution.—The province of Lebanon, on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, in Asiatic Turkey. 28440. Iris cristata Soland. (P. I. G. No. 6459.) Dzstribution.—Rich woods from Maryland to Georgia and westward to Ohio, Indiana, and Missouri. 28441. Iris DELAVAYI X SIBIRICA. (P. I. G. 6517.) 28442. Iris Futva Ker. (P. I. G. No. 6516.) ‘‘A very large-flowered copper iris, bred by selection from the wild plant.”’ Distribution.—In swamps from Kentucky and Illinois southward to Missouri. 28443. Iris craciipes A. Gray. (P. I. G. No. 6466.) Distribution.—In damp meadows in Nambu and in the vicinity of Hakodate on the island of Hokushu (Yezo), Japan. 28444. Iris GRANT-DUFFII Baker. (P. I. G. No. 6523.) Distribution.—Along the banks of the River Kishon in Palestine. 28445. Iris HELENAE Barbey. (P. I. G. No. 6396.) Distribution.—In the vicinities of El Arish, Ouadi-el- Gradi, Ouadi-Cheriah, and Nachel Aboukeila, in the desert between Egypt and Palestine. 28446. IRIS HEXAGONA X MISSOURIENSIS. (P. I. G. No. 6463.) 223 JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1910. 21 28371 to 28531—Continued. 28447. Iris nimaraica Hort. (P. I. G. No. 6470.) Received in 1908 from Mr. W. R. Dykes, England. Not bloomed. This is probably Jris clarkei Baker, a native of Sikkim, India. 28448. Iris LAEvIGATA Fisch. (P.1I.G. No. 6303.) Distribution —In the vicinity of Yokosuka, Shimoda, and Hakodate in Japan; in the province of Shengking, China, and near Port Chusan in Chosen (Korea). Also extensively cultivated in other countries. 28449. Iris KoROLKowI Regel. (P. I. G. No. 6401.) Dzstribution Sent alive by Gen. Korolkow to St. Petersburg in 1870 from Turkestan. 28450. IRIS PARADOXA X PUMILA. (P.I.G. No. 6421.) ‘Very meritorioushybrids. Plants vigorous, free bloom- ing, and of easy culture.”’ 28451. Iris Ltacustris Nutt. (P. I. G. No. 6467.) Dvzstribution.—Gravelly shores of Lakes Huron, Mich- igan, and Superior. 28452. Iris LortTETI Barbey. (P. I. G. No. 6399.) Dustribution.—On the slopes of the Lebanon range of mountains at an altitude of 2,000 feet, between Mais and Hussin, in the province of Lebanon, Asiatic Turkey. 28453. IRIs MILESII X TECTORUM. (P. I. G. No. 6380.) 28454. IRIS MILESII X TECTORUM. (P. I. G. No. 6464.) 28455. IRIs MONNIERI DC. (P. I. G. No. 6518.) Distribution.—The islands of Rhodes and Crete, in the eastern part of the Mediterranean. 28456. Iris optTusiFouiA Baker. (P. I. G. No. 6520.) Distributton.—The province of Mazanderan, on the southern shore of the Caspian Sea, in Persia. 28457. Iris pALtitipa Lam. (P. I. G. No. 6462.) Distribution.—The islands of Crete and Rhodes, and in Palestine, Syria, and Morocco, rising to an elevation of 7,000 feet in the Atlas Mountains. 28458. Iris NIGRICANS Hort. (P. I. G. No. 6400.) 28459. IRIs PARADOXA X SAMBUCINA. (P. I. G. No. 6465.) 28460. Iris sIBIRICA X (?). (P. I. G. No. 6446.) 28461. Iris sIBIRICA X (?). (Pe-G. No. 6521.) 28462. IRIs SIBIRICA X DELAVAYI. (P. I. G. No. 6301.) 223 29 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 283871 to 28531—Continued. 28463. Iris SOFARANA Foster. (P.1.G. No. 6398.) Distribution.—On the Lebanon Mountains in the vicinity of Ain Sofar, Asiatic Turkey. 28464. Iris straussi Leichtl. (P. I. G. No. 6515.) Dustribution.—The vicinity of Sultanabad, in the prov- ince of Irak Ajemi, western Persia. 28465. IRIS SUAVEOLENS X LUTESCENS STATELLAE. (P. I. G. No. 6220.) 28466. Iris TEcroRUM Maxim. (P. I. G. No. 6522.) Dzstribution.—The provinces of Shantung, Hupeh, Ichang, Hunan, Shensi, Kansu, and Szechwan, in China, and in the vicinity of Yokohama, in Japan. 28467. IRIS TECTORUM X MILESII. (P. I. Ge No: 6221:) 28468. Iris TENAX Dougl. (P. I. G. No. 6514.) Dvustribution.—Northwestern America, where it is com- mon in open places from British Columbia southward to Oregon. 28469. IRIS TENAX X VERSICOLOR. (P. I. G. No. 6452.) 28470. Iris vERNA L. (P. I. G. No. 6468.) Distribution.—Wooded hillsides from Pennsylvania to Kentucky and southward to Georgia and Alabama. 28471. Iris vERSIcoLoR L. (P. I. G. No. 6445.) Duastribution.—In swamps from Newfoundland to Mani- toba and southward to Florida and Arkansas. 28472. JUGLANS CORDIFORMIS Maxim. (P.1I..G. No. 6449.) Dustribution.—In the vicinity of Yokohama and of Hakodate on the island of Hokushu (Yezo), Japan. 28473. JUGLANS CORDIFORMIS X REGIA. (P. I. G. No. 6511.) 28474. JUGLANS SIEBOLDIANA Maxim. (P. I. G. No. 6448.) Distribution.—In forests on the mountains in Kiushu and in the vicinity of Tokyo, Yokohama, Kamakura, Yokosuka, and Hakodate, in Japan. 28475. LACHENALIA PENDULA Ait. (P. I. G. No. 6192.) Distribution.—Along the coast of Cape Colony in the vicinity of Hout Bay and Cape Flats. 28476 to 28478. LACHENALIA PENDULA X TRICOLOR. 28476. (P.1.G. No. 6191.) Cowslp. 28477. (P.1.G. No. 6193.) Delight. 28478. (P.I.G. No. 6194.) Rector of Cawston. 28479. LACHENALIA TRICOLOR Jacq. (P.I.G. No. 6195.) Distribution.—Along the coast of Cape Colony at Malmes- bury, near Cape Town, Saldanha Bay, Cape Flats, and Port Elizabeth, South Africa. 223 JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1910. 23 28371 to 28531—Continued. 28480. Latuyrus LaATIFoLIus L. (P. I. G. No. 6491.) Lewchtlin Extra White. 28481. LitiuM HENRYI X SPECIOSUM. (P. I. G. No. 6553.) 28482. LitruM HENRYI X SUPERBUM. (P. I. G. No. 6498.) ‘‘The largest flowered Hemerocallis.”’ 28483. LILIUM MACULATUM X MARTAGON. (P. I. G. No. 6552.) 28484. LILIUM PHILIPPINENSE X LONGIFLORUM. (P. I. G. No. 6562.) 28485. Litium PUBERULUM X LINIFOLIUM. (P. I. G. No. 6297.) ‘‘Very characteristic hybrids bearing large scarlet blooms of great substance, the small centers being yellow, dotted brownish purple. The other cross-pollinated lilies, as far as bloomed, do not show evidence of hybridity.”’ 28486. Litrium speciosum Thunb. (P. I. G. No. 6381.) Variety magnificum. 28487. Lilium SPECIOSUM X HENRYI. (P. I. G. No. 6551.) 28488. Liium sp. (P. I. G. No. 6382.) Ellen Wilmot. 28489. MALUS BACCATA X SYLVESTRIS. (P. I. G. No. 6547.) “Matus Baccata X ‘Baldwin’ X ‘Yellow Trans- parent.’ Second-generation hybrids of considerable vigor.”’ 28490. NARCISSUS INCOMPARABILIS X POETICUS. (P. I. G. No. 6209.) 28491. PAEONIA SUFFRUTICOSA Andr. (P. I. G. No. 6453.) 28492. PAEONIA sp. (P. I. G. No. 6454.) Seedling varieties. 28493. PHILADELPHUS CORONARIUS X MICROPHYLLUS. (P. I. G. No. 6495.) 28494. PHILADELPHUS CORONARIUS L. Cee G. No. 6492.) 28495. PLATYCODON GRANDIFLORUM (Jacq.) DC. (P. I. G. No. 6482.) Variety Mariesi macranthum. 28496. PRUNUS SIMONI X AMERICANA. (P. I. G. No. 6548.) 28497. PyRUS CHINENSIS X COMMUNIS. (P. I. G. No. 6510.) Chinese varieties, Kieffer, Le Conte, and Golden Russet, pollinated with Bartlett, Angouleme, Anjou, Seckel, and Lawrence. 28498. QUAMASIA LEICHTLINII X CUSICKII. Gale GNo: 6223;.) 223 24 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 28371 to 28531—Continued. 28499 to 28503. Promising hybrids between native gooseberry species and European garden varieties. 28499. RIBES CYNOSBATI X RECLINATUM. (P. I. G. No. 6565.) 28500. RIBES MISSOURIENSE X RECLINATUM. CB TeGeNo6217) 28501. RIBES MISSOURIENSE X RECLINATUM. (P. I. G. No. 6563.) 28502. RIBES MISSOURIENSE X RECLINATUM X ROTUNDIFOLIUM. (Pet. GsNo: 6218°) 28503. RIBES RECLINATUM X ROTUNDIFOLIUM (P. I. G. No. 6564.) 28504. Rosa CHINENSIS Jacq. (P. I. G. No. 6443.) Distribution.—The provinces of Hupeh and Kwang- tung, in China, and the island of Formosa. 28505. Rosa LAEvVIGATA X Frau Karl Druschki. (P. I. G. No. 6422.) ‘‘Attractive hardy hybrids bearing large semidouble sweet-scented blooms, blush white in color.’’ 28506. Rosa FERRUGINEA X Paul Neyron. (P. I. G. No. 6456.) ‘‘Nearly thornless variety with reddish foliage; bloom very double, medium in size, bright rose pink in color.”’ 28507. Rosa LuteA X Harrson’s Yellow. (P. I. G. No. 6543.) ‘‘Very striking; buds nasturtium scarlet; blooms when opening light orange, turning to white and then to blush pink; semidouble, 2 inches across.’’ . 28508. Rosa MULTIFLORA X LUTEA. (P. I. G. No. 6455.) 28509. Rosa RUGOSA X CHINENSIS. (P. I. G. No. 6539.) Victor Hugo. ‘‘Profuse, large, double, sweet-scented blooms, fiery scarlet-crimson in color. Apparently the best Rosa rugosa hybrid.” 28510. Rosa RUGOSA (ALBA) X CHINENSIS (Devoniensis). (P. I. G. No. 6540.) ‘‘Good double white Rugosa, resembling Mad. Georges Bruant.”’ 28511. Rosa rugosa X Ards Rover. (P. I. G. No. 6497.) 28512. Rosa RUGOSA X ?. (P. I. G. No. 6305.) 28513. Rosa rRuGosA X ?. (P. I. G. No. 6541.) Souvenir de Pierre Lepredieux. 28514. Rosa SOULIEANA Crepin. (P. I. G. No. 6569.) Distribution.—In the vicinity of Tatsienlu, in the prov- ince of Szechwan, western China. 28515. Rosa sp. (P. I. G. No. 6544.) ‘‘Hybrids of Crimson Rambler.”’ 223 JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1910. 25 28371 to 28531—Continued. 29516. Rosa sp. (P. I. G. No. 6545.) Lyon. 28517. Rosa sp. (P. I. G. No. 6417.) ‘‘Lyon X President Carnot.’’ 28518. Rosa sp. (P. I. G. No. 6542.) Richmond. 28519. Rosa sp. (P. I. G. No. 6496.) Victor Hugo. (Hybrid Remontant.) 28520. Rosa spp. Miscellaneous fruits. (P. I. G. No. 6304.) 28521. Rosa spp. Seeds of hardy roses. (P. I. G. No. 6428.) 28522. Rosa spp. Miscellaneous fruits. (P. I. G. No. 6444.) 28523 and 28524. ‘Promising crossbred garden raspberries.”’ 28523. RuUBUS NEGLECTUS X IDAEUS. (P. I. G. No. 6571.) 28524. RuUBUS NEGLECTUS X STRIGOSUS. (Eh Ge No. 6972,) 28525. TriroMA NORTHIAE (Baker) Skeels. (Kniphofia northiae Baker, Jour. Bot., vol. 27, p. 43, 1889.) (P. I. G. No. 6509.) 28526. Triroma Tuck (Baker) Skeels. (Kniphofia tucku Baker, Gard. Chron., ser. 3, vol. 13, p. 68, 1893.) The generic name Kniphofia was applied by Moench in 1794 (Meth., p. 632) to Aletris uvaria L., a species belonging to the same genus as the two given above, but Kniphofia had been published by Scopoli in 1777 (Introd., p. 327) as a generic name for Terminalia catappa L., and was therefore invalid as a desig- nation for the other and later genus. The next earliest name available for this genus is Tritoma, which was pub- lished by Ker-Gawler in 1804 (Botanical Magazine, vol. 20, pl. 744), based on Tritoma sarmentosa (Andrews) Skeels (Aletris sarmentosa Andrews), a South African species belonging to the same genus as the two listed above. These species are therefore recognized under the name given to the genus by Ker- Gawler, a name perhaps more frequently applied to them in horticultural liter- ature than Kniphofia. These plants are both indigenous to Cape Colony, Tritoma northiae occurring near Grahamstown, in the Albany division of the coast region, and Tritoma tuckii in the Colesberg division of the central region. 28527. TRITONIA “Prometheus.” (P. I. G. No. 6427.) 28528. VITIS VINIFERA X (AESTIVALIS X LABRUSCA). (P. I. G. No. 6418.) Black Hamburgh x Gold Coin. 223 26 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 28371 to 28531—Continued. 28529. Yucca FILAMENTOSA L. (P. I. G. No. 6419.) Variety variegata. Distribution.—In dry and sandy soil from North Carolina to Florida and Mississippl. 28530. Yucca Fiaccipa Haw. (P. I. G. No. 6306.) Distribution.—On dry or sandy slopes in or near the mountains from North Carolina to Alabama. 28531. ZEPHYRANTHES SULPHUREA Hort. (P. I. G. No. 6216.) 28532. MEpICAGO CARSTIENSIS Wulfen. From Edinburgh, Scotland. Presented by Dr. Isaac Bayley Balfour, director, Royal Botanic Garden. Received July 21, 1910. See No. 27794 for previous introduction. 28533 to 285386. Carica PAPAYA L. Papaya. From Empire, Canal Zone, Panama. Presented by Mr. W. G. Ross, at the ~ request of Mr. H. F. Schultz. Received July 21, 1910. Seeds of the following: 28533. ‘Fruit cylindrical in shape, very rich flavor, heaviest one here weighing 163 pounds.’’ (Ross.) ‘“This variety has a very small seed cavity and less seeds than most others.” (Schultz.) 28534. ‘Fruit oblong in shape, extra size, 104 pounds, and having an excel- lent flavor.’’ (Ross.) 28535. ‘Fruit oblong and slightly tapering in shape, above medium in size, and having very sweet meat.’’ (Ross.) 28536. ‘‘Fruit pear shaped. Tree was planted three years ago and nroduced 30 papayas last year, all very large and of very fine flavor.”’ (Ross.) 28537. TRICHOLAENA ROSEA Nees. From Benguela, Angola, Portuguese West Africa. Presented by Mr. T. W. Woodside, A. B. C. F. M. Received July 20, 1910. ‘‘A erass that grows spontaneously in old worn-out fields. Grows often to the height of 24 or 3 feet. It is very succulent and sweet, and cattle like it very much. From the fact that it grows in old abandoned fields I would judge that it dees not require rich soil.’’ ( Woodside.) 28538 and 28539. Merpicaco sativa IL. Alfalfa. From the Bombay Presidency, India. Presented by Mr. P. S. Kanetkar, super- intendent, Empress Botanical Gardens, Poona, Bombay, India. Received July 23, 1910. Seeds of the following: 28538. ‘‘From the Surat district, a few miles from the sea and at sea level. It is grown in fields in which sugar cane was grown in the rains and harvested in October. The seed is sown in November. No cuttings for green fodder are taken, but the crop is allowed torun to flower and seed. The crop is harvested at the end of March. The cultivators near Surat have only recently taken 223 JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1910. 27 28538 to 28539—Continued. to growing lucern for seed only. The crop from this seed, however, is not as lasting a one as from the seed of the following (S. P. I. No. 28539).” (Kanetkar.) 28539. ‘‘From Poona, which is situated at a height of 1,900 feet and is dis- tant 80 miles from the sea. The soil is loamy and responds to manure and irrigation treatments readily. The lucern crop in Poona is kept for three years, the cuttings which are taken every four to five weeks being fed to cattle and horses. The plants are allowed to run to seed in March every year. The seeds are sold at about triple the price of seed of the preceding (S. P. I. No. 28538). A quart bottleful is sold at from 2 to 24 rupees, a rupee being equal to16 pence.” (Kanetkar.) 28540 to 28550. From Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Presented by Prof. J. Burtt Davy, government agrostologist and botanist, Transvaal Department of Agriculture. Received July 23, 1910. Seeds of the following: 28540. TRICHLORIS MENDOCINA (Phil.) Kurtz. See No. 26651 for previous introduction. 28541. CERVICINA UNDULATA (L. f.) Skeels. See No. 27520 for previous introduction. 28542. ERAGROSTIS LAPPULA DIVARICATA Stapf. Distribution.—On the Pellat Plains, between Matlareen River and Takun, in Bechuanaland, South Africa. 28543. Trisetum spicatum (L.) Richter. Distribution.—Alpine regions and in the Arctic and Antarctic zones. 28544. CHAETOCHLOA NIGRIROSTRIS (Nees) Skeels. See No. 26653 for previous introduction. 28545. Eragrostis prAna Nees. Distribution.—In the Kalahari district and along the eastern coast of Cape Colony and Natal in South Africa. 28546. PANICUM MAXIMUM HIRSUTISSIMUM Nees. (Panicum hirsutissimum Steud.) Distribution.—The coast region of Natal and Cape Colony. 28547. Sprinirex Hirsutus Labill. Distribution.—Sandy shores of New Zealand, Tasmania, and southern Australia. 28548. TRICHLORIS MENDOCINA (Phil.) Kurtz. See No. 28540 for previous introduction. 28549. HERAGROSTIS GUMMIFLUA Nees. Distribution.—South Africa; in the Kalahari region and along the eastern coast of Cape Colony and Natal. 28550. Acacia roBusTA Burchell. ‘*This is a characteristic tree of the dry bush veldt below 4,500 feet altitude (i. e., in the subtropical zone of the Transvaal). 223 28 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 28540 to 28550—Continued. ‘‘T have not been able to learn much about the wood, beyond the fact that it is sometimes used for fence posts when the rarer and harder sorts, such as ~ Olea verrucosa, are not available.” (Davy.) Distribution.—In the vicinity of Litakun, Bechuanaland, and at Magalies- berg in the interior of Cape Colony. 28551. MANGIFERA INDICA L. Mango. From Monrovia, Liberia, West Africa. Presented by Mr. E. L. Parker, Commis- sioner of Agriculture. Received July 20, 1910. Sierra Leone. 28552 to 28555. Manorrera rmopicea L. Mango. From Poona, Bombay, India. Purchased from Mr. P. S. Kanetkar, superin- tendent, Empress Botanical Gardens. Received July 20, 1910. Seeds of the following: 28552. Alphonse. 28554. Pakria. 28553. Kadarapasant. 28555. Totafari. 28556 to 28563. Maneirera InpDICA L. Mango. From Sibpur, Calcutta, India. Purchased from Maj. A. T. Gage, superintendent, Royal Botanic Garden. Received July 20, 1910. Seeds of the following: 28556. Alphonso. 28560. Small Malda. 28557. Baromassia. 28561. Paranay. 28558. Bhadoorea. 28562. Peters. 28559. Large Malda. 28563. Soondershaw. 28564 to 28568. Maneirera InprIcaA L. Mango. From Colombo, Ceylon. Purchased from Dr. C. Drieberg, secretary, Ceylon Agricultural Society. Received July 22, 1910. Seeds of the following; descriptive notes by Dr. Drieberg: 28564. Dampara. ‘‘Prolific; fruit small in size, of second quality, rather fibrous; skin yellow brown; seed small; ripens early and keeps fairly well. The tree is a free grower and is hardy. It is not much cultivated.” 28565. Heart. ‘This is also called Bombay and is the commonest variety found on the market. Prolific; fruit medium in size, not much longer than broad, of second quality; skin golden yellow; seed of medium size; ripens early and is a fair keeper. The tree is a free grower and is hardy.” 28566. Jaffna. ‘The favorite variety here. Prolific; fruit medium in size, twice as long as broad, of first quality; skin green; seed of medium size; ripens early and is a fair keeper. The tree is a fairly free grower and is hardy.”’ : 28567. Parrot. ‘Fairly prolific; fruit medium to small, of second quality; skin dark green; seed of medium size; ripens late and is a fair keeper. The tree is a free grower and is hardy. This variety has a slight turpentine flavor and is not very common.”’ 223 5 ae JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1910. 29 — 28564 to 28568—Continued. 28568. Rupee. ‘This is also called ‘Two-Shilling.’ It is a sparse bearer; fruit the largest of local (Ceylon) varieties, of first quality; skin pale green; seed small compared to size of fruit; ripens late and is not a good keeper. The tree is nov a free grower and is tender. ‘This variety is scarce and expen- sive. Requires very careful ripening.”’ 28569 to 28582. Musa spp. : Banana. From Paramaribo, Surinam. Presented by Mr. Goldsmith H. Williams, manager, United Fruit Co. Received July 21, 1910. Suckers of the following; notes by Mr. Williams: 28569 to 28580. Musa sp. 28569. ‘‘Bas Joe. From southern China. Has seeds in very small fruit.” 28570. ‘“‘Cinerea Sahramphur. Short, slim-pointed fruit of good flavor.” 28571. ‘‘Congo.”’ 28572. ‘‘Dwarf banana, frequently called Cavendishii.’’ 28573. ‘Jamaica banana.”’ _— 28574. ‘‘Large Horse banana. Sweeter than the plantain. Very good fried or roasted.”’ 28575. ‘‘Pisang Ambon. A trifle better than the Horse banana of Florida and much the same shape.”’ 28576. ‘‘Pisang Celat. Small, sweet fruit with 13 to 16 hands on a ~ bunch.”’ 28577. ‘‘Pisang Kudjo. Red banana.’’ 28578. ‘‘Pisang Siam. Much like the Horse banana of Florida.’’ 28579. ‘‘Pisang Susa. Similar to the ordinary Apple banana.’’ 28580. ‘Rubra India Saprentum Dacca. One of the silver-skin varie- ties. What we term silver skin is a fruit that is like the red banana in shape and flavor, but with a clear, yellow skin.”’ 28581. Musa rosacea Jacq. ‘‘Variety Chittagong. Very small, with seeds. New York Botanical Gar- den No. 9636.” Distribution —The lower slopes of the eastern Himalayas in Chittagong, upper Burma, and in the Konkan region on the western coast of India; said to have been introduced irom Mauritius in 1805. 28582. Musa ZEBRINA Van Houtte. ‘“Reddish leaves. Very small worthless fruit, with seeds. Good as an orna- mental plant.”’ 28583. ARRACACIA XANTHORRHIZA Bancroft. Arracacha. From Caracas, Venezuela. Presented by Sefior Antonio Valero Lara. Received July 26, 1910. See No. 3511 for description. 223 30 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 28584. DIOSPYROS PEREGRINA (Gaertn.) Guerke. From Sibpur, Calcutta, India. Presented by Maj. A. T. Cae? superintendent, Royal Botanic Garden. Received July 26, 1910. ‘A dense, evergreen, small tree with dark-green foliage and long, shining leaves; common throughout India and Burma except the arid and dry zone in the Pun- jab and Sind. Distributed to Ceylon, Siam, and the Malay Peninsula; very abun- dant in Bengal. It is a beautiful tree; the fruit is eatable, but excessively sour. Its principal use is for paying the bottoms of boats. It is beaten in a large mortar and ~ the juice is expressed. This is boiled, mixed with powdered charcoal, and applied once a year to the outside of the planks. The wood is of little value. The fruit is largely used in tanning, being a powerful astringent. The juice of the unripe fruit is used in medicine as an astringent. The tree produces a round fruit as big as a middle- sized apple, green when unripe, rusty yellow when ripe, and in the later stages con- taining a somewhat astringent pulp, in which the seeds are embedded. When ripe it is eaten by the natives, but is not very palatable. The leaves are also eaten as a vege- table. Ainslie mentions that the carpenters of the Malabar coast use the juice of the fruit as an excellent glue.”’ (Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of India, vol. 3, p. 145.) Seeds. 28585 to 28593. From Domine Niemiercze, Podolia, Russia. Presented by Messrs. K. Buszezynski and M. Lazynski. Received July 22, 1910. Seeds of the following: 28585 to 28587. AveENA sativa L. Oat. 28585. Earliest, or Sixty-Day. 28586. Ligovo. 28587. The new oats (cross between Ligovo and Earliest). 28588 to 28592. Triticum axrstivum L. Wheat. 28588. Brown bearded. 28591. Triumph of Podolia. 28589. Crossed Wheat No. 1. 28592. White bearded. 28590. Improved Banat. 28593. Triticum puRUM Desf. Wheat. White spring. 28594 and 28595. From Spain. Presented by Mr. R. L.Sprague, American consul, Gibraltar, Spain. Received July 7, 1910. Seeds of the following; notes by Mr. Sprague: 28594. Vicia ERvIIA (L.) Willd. Bitter vetch. ‘“ Yero. This vetch is sown throughout Andalusia, but never plowed under for green manure. When the crop is ripe it is gathered and given to cattle during the winter months.”’ 28595. Laruyrus sativus L. ‘‘ Alverjones. These are used for green manure and can be procured in larger quantities than the preceding (S. P. I. No. 28594). At about the same price the practical result is considered better.”’ 223 JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1910. 31 28596. HORDEUM sp. Barley. From Maison Carree, Algeria. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut, Algiers, Algeria. Received July 27, 1910. ‘“Smooth-bearded black barley. This barley appeared as a mutation in some black barley from Australia; it is very early and very resistant to drought. Curious on account of its absolutely smooth beards.’’ (Trabut.) 28597. ALEURITES MOLUCCANA (L.) Willd. Candlenut. From Manila, Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. William 8. Lyon. Received July 21, 1910. See No. 24351 for description. 28598 to 28603. Ariium cEPA IL. Onion. From Puerto de Orotava, Teneriffe, Canary Islands. Presented by Mr. Solomon Berliner, American consul, Teneriffe. Received July 27, 1910. Seeds of the following: 28598 to 28600. From Wildpret Bros. (Specially selected seed.) 28598. Bermuda Red. 28600. Crystal Wax. 28599. Bermuda White. 28601 to 28603. From Mr. T. M. Reid. 28601. Bermuda Red. 28603. Crystal Wax. 28602. Bermuda White. 28604. CIcER ARIETINUM L. 7 Chick-pea. From Byers, Colo. Procured by Mr. H. N. Vinall from Mr. Edelen. Received July 29, 1910. ‘Mr. Edelen says the original seed of these peas was given to him by an Italian. He claims they yielded 2,500 pounds of grain per acre last season, and in the face of an extremely dry season this year he is counting on 1,000 pounds per acre. From the looks of his field I should judge that 500 or 600 pounds is nearer what the correct yield willbe. Chick-peas are very drought resistant and hail does them little injury, as the plant itself is tough and fibrous.” ( Vinall.) 28606. CROTALARIA CANDICANS Wight and Arnott. From Peradeniya, Ceylon. Presented by Dr. J. C. Willis, director, Botanic Garden. Received August 2, 1910. See No. 28344 for description. 286077. DENDROCALAMUS STRICTUS (Roxb.) Nees. Bamboo. From Sibpur, near Calcutta, India. Presented by Maj. A. T. Gage, superin- tendent, Royal Botanic Garden. Received August 5, 1910. See Nos. 21548, 22819, and 23476 for previous introductions. 28609. Myrica naar Thunb. From Kiayingchau, China. Presented by Mr. George Campbell. Received July 25, 1910. Seeds. See Nos. 25908 and 26905 for previous introductions. 223 32 SEEDS. AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 28610 and 28611. ANona spp. From Redland Bay, Queensland, Australia. Presented by Mr. James Collins. Received August 2, 1910. Cuttings of the following: 28610. ANONA sp. ‘‘As far as I know this variety has never been named. It is a giant and far superior to any of the other anonas. It often attains a weight of 6 pounds, © ‘being a veritable custard.’ It originated here about 30 years ago.” (Collins.) 28611. ANONA CHERIMOLA Mill. Cherimoya. 28612 and 28613. Mancirera INDICA L. Mango. From Poona, Bombay, India. Purchased from Mr. P. 8. Kanetkar, superintend- ent, Empress Botanical Gardens. Received August 4, 1910. Seeds of the following: 28612. Pyrie. 28613. Kala Hapoos. 28614 and 28615. Zea mays L. Corn. From the Kalahari, about 30 miles east of Kuruman, on the Kaapscheberg, South Bechuanaland, Africa. Presented by Prof. J. Burtt Davy, government agros- tologist and botanist, Transvaal Department of Agriculture, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Received August 2, 1910. Seeds of the following; notes by Prof. Davy: ‘‘ White Botman flint maize. This seed was procured from a very dry region, of shal- low limestone soil, cold and dry in winter. It struck me that these strains might do for the extreme southwest of the corn belt of the United States (northwestern Texas). ” 28614. ‘‘Donovan’s strain (red cob) has been grown by him without selection or change of seed for 10 years, and came originally from a still drier region, Daniels Kuil, at the southeast end of the Kuruman Hills.”’ 28615. ‘‘Mayer’s strain, from the same vicinity as the preceding (S. P. I. No. 28614).” 28616. TRICHILIA DREGEANA E. Meyer. From Durban, Natal, South Africa. Presented by Dr.J. Medley Wood, director, Botanic Gardens. Received July 26, 1910. ‘‘A handsome evergreen shade tree.’’ ( Wood.) Distribution.—In woods in the vicinity of Durban in South Africa. See No. 9482 for previous introduction. 28617. VIGNA UNGUICULATA (L.) Walp. Cowpea. From Para, Brazil. Presented by Mr. Walter Fischer, acting director, Campo de Cultura Experimental Paraense. Received August 4, 1910. ‘Probably identical with the Blackeye variety; I grew them on the campo and har- vested them just two months after sowing. This cowpea could hardly be called a forage variety, at least not here in this soil, where it soon goes to seed, but bears heavily.’’ (Fischer.) 28618 to 28625. From Russia. Received through Mr. Frank N. Meyer, agricultural explorer, July 25, 1910. 223 JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1910. 33 28618 to 28625—Continued. Seeds of the following: 28618. Latuyyrus sativus L. From Vladikavkaz, Caucasus, Russia. ‘‘(No. 1334a, May 4, 1910.) A legume very rarely seen, said to come originally from Russia. The seeds are used locally as a human food, being boiled in soups or mixed with chick-peas in stews. Suitable for trial as a forage crop in regions with a moderately light - summer rainfall.’’ ( Meyer.) 28619. Pisum sativum L. Field pea. From Vladikavkaz, Caucasus, Russia. ‘‘(No. 1335a, May 4, 1910.) A very small pea, apparently an offspring from a cross between Pisum sativum and Pisum arvense. Used locally as a food, being more appreciated than the large- seeded varieties and consequently more expensive. Perhaps of value as a forage or food crop in the intermounitain regions.” (Meyer.) 28620. CICER ARIETINUM L. Chick-pea. From Baku, Caucasus, Russia. ‘“‘(No. 1336a, May 23,1910.) A large variety of chick-pea, obtained from a Persian seed dealer and said to come from Persia. Chick-peas are much used by the orientals, preferably boiled with mutton in soups and stews.’’ (Meyer.) 28621. Victa FABA L. -Horse bean. From Baku, Caucasus, Russia. ‘‘(No.1337a, May 23, 1910.) 28998. Panicum mitiacevum L. Proso. From Of Sasnarkand, Turkestan. ‘‘(No. 1398a, June 30, 1910.) A large whitish-seeded variety of proso. Other remarks on preceding number apply also to this.’”’ (Meyer.) 28999. Panicum mitiacevum L. Proso. From Old Samarkand, Turkestan. ‘“‘(No. 1399a, June 30, 1910.) A large yellow-seeded variety of proso. To be tested like preceding numbers.”’ ( Meyer.) 29000. CHAETOCHLOA ITALICcA (L.) Scribn. Italian millet. From Old Samarkand, Turkestan. ‘‘(No. 1400a, June 30, 1910.) A white variety of millet.’ (Meyer.) 29001. CHAETOCHLOA ITALIca (L.) Scribn. Siberian millet. From Old Samarkand, Turkestan. ‘“‘(No. 140la, June 30, 1910.) A red variety of millet. ‘“‘The remarks made on preceding numbers apply also to these.’’ (Meyer.) 29002. EcHINOCHLOA FRUMENTACEA (Roxb.) Link. From Old Samarkand, Turkestan. ‘‘(No. 1402a, June 30, 1910.) A local variety of Japanese millet, used as food by the poorest classes. This seed was sifted out of some rice seed and is apparently a weed.’’ (Meyer.) 29008. HorpEuM VULGARE L. Barley. From Merv, Turkestan. ‘‘(No. 1403a, June 13, 1910.) Winter barley grown with slight irrigation in the oasis of Merv. To be tested under irrigation in the dry and hot sections of the United States.’’ (Meyer.) 29004. HorpEuM VULGARE L. Barley. From Merv, Turkestan. ‘‘(No. 1404a, June 13, 1910.) Summer barley grown under irrigation in the oasis of Merv. To be tried like the preceding number. ‘Barley, in central Asia, takes the same place that oats do with us and is fed everywhere to cart and riding horses, which apparently relish the food.” ( Meyer.) 29005. Triticum puRuUM Desf. Wheat. From Old Samarkand, Turkestan. ‘‘(No. 1405a, July 3, 1910.) A fine variety of winter wheat grown without irrigation in the oasis of Samarkand. Very much in favor with the people for bread making; apparently rich in gluten. To be tried in the drier sections of the United States.’”’ (Meyer.) 29006. TRITICUM sp. Wheat. From Old Samarkand, Turkestan. ‘‘(No. 1406a, July 3, 1910.) A fine local variety of soft white wheat.’’ (Meyer.) ; 29007. TRiTICUM sp. Wheat. From Old Samarkand, Turkestan. ‘“‘(No. 1407a, July 3, 1910.) A good local variety of hard white wheat. : ‘‘The two preceding numbers should be tested like No. 1405a (S. P. I. No. 29005).’? ( Meyer.) 29008. Triticum AEstivum L. Wheat. From Pendshikent, Samarkand, Turkestan. ‘‘(No. 14082, July 7, 1910.) A local variety of dark winter wheat grown on the mountain slopes without irrigation. To be tested in the semiarid sections of the United States.” ( Meyer.) 220 OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1910. 25 28942 to 29012—Continued. 29009. TRITICUM sp. Wheat. From Pendshikent, Samarkand, Turkestan. ‘“‘(No. 1409a, July 7, 1910.) A good local variety of hard winter wheat grown on the plains under irrigation.”’ ( Meyer.) 29010. Triticum sp. Wheat. From Merv, Turkestan. ‘‘(No. 1410a, June 13, 1910.) A good local variety of winter wheat grown under irrigation in the oasis of Merv.”’ (Meyer.) 29011. TRITICUM gp. Wheat. From Old Bokhara, Turkestan. ‘‘(No. 14lla, June 22,1910.) A fine variety of wheat said to come from Katti-Kurgan, Turkestan, which place is known for its good wheat. “The husks of the Turkestan wheats seem to adhere very firmly to the seed, so that even when left in the field for months the grains do not fall out. ; ( Meyer.) 29012. TRIFOLIUM sp. From Kazelkovskaia, near Merv, Turkestan. ‘‘(No. 1412a, June 14, 1910.) A creeping species of white clover found along irrigation canals and on low places in the desert. Of possible value as a lawn clover, under slight irriga- tion, in the desert regions of the United States.’’ (Meyer.) 29013. IneGa EDULIS Mart. : ‘Inga cipd.”’ From Para, Brazil. Presented by Mr. Walter Fischer, acting director, Campo de Cultura Experimental Paraense. Received November 4, 1910. “This is a somewhat choicer variety than the one (S. P. I. No. 27798) which I previously transmitted.’’ (Fscher.) 29014. ViGNA UNGUICULATA (L.) Walp. Cowpea. From Para, Brazil. Presented by Mr. Walter Fischer, acting director, Campo de Cultura Experimental Paraense. Received November 4, 1910. ‘‘A variety of cowpea known here as feijéo manteiga (my Macassar No. 2).”’ (Fischer.) 99015. ALHAGI MAURORUM Medic. From Cairo, Egypt. Presented by Mr. Abdel Hamid Abaza, secretary general, Khedivial Agricultural Society. Received November 4, 1910. ‘“A thorny leguminous plant which yields the so-called Alhagi-manna or terend- jebin. This is a sweet gummy substance which during the heat of the day exudes from the leaves and stems and hardens. It is collected by the Arabs and used as a sugar substitute, and as an ingredient for certain sweetmeats. It is a desert plant, erowing spontaneously in South Africa, Egypt, Arabia, Asia Minor, and central India. It is imported into India from Kabul and Kandahar in considerable quanti- ties, and has been valued at 30 shillings per pound. I do not think the plant suitable for southern Florida. If introduced it should be tried in our arid southwestern regions. In the hottest part of the year, when almost all other vegetation is shriveled up, it puts forth its leaves and flowers, which are fed to camels; hence it is sometimes called camel’sthorn. Insome places no manna is obtained from the plant; in no place is much obtained from a single plant. The gummy-looking substance is shaken off. It occurs in grains varying from the size of a mustard seed to that of a hemp seed, and is of a light- brown color and an agreeable saccharine sennalike smell. This substance if unpro- tected is probably attacked by weevils or other insects; hence it is said to breed worms.”’ (W. E. Safford.) 227 96 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 29016. OsTERDAMIA MATRELLA (L.) Kuntze. From Yokohama, Japan. Purchased from the Yokohama Nursery Co. Received November 5, 1910. A valuable lawn grass. Distribution.—Sandy shores of tropical Asia from India eastward through China and Japan to Australia. 29017 to 29019. From Kuling, China. Presented by Mrs. John Berkin. Received November 5, 1910. Seeds of the following: 29017. AcTINIDIA CHINENSIS Planch. Yangtaw. “With regard to the yangtaw, the natives say they think all vines grow fruit, but a young vine never bears. They are usually 6 to 8 years old before they bear. So possibly these vines in time will produce fruit.’’ (Berkin.) See No. 21781 for further description. 29018. PRUNUS gp. Wild cherry. 29019. Vitis sp. Wild grape. 29020 and 29021. From Mauritius. Presented by Mr. G. Regnard, Port Louis, Mauritius. Re- ceived November 4, 1910. Seeds of the following: 29020. ELAEODENDRON ORIENTALE Jacq. “ Bois dolive. A shrub 10 to 30 feet high, glabrous. Flowers in cymes one- fourth of an inch across. Drupe oblong, the size of a large Spanish olive; edible; seed two celled. Found in Mauritius, Rodriguez, and Madagascar.”’ (Reg- nard.) / 29021. VANGUERIA MADAGASCARIENSIS Gmelin. “ Vavangue. A glabrous shrub 10 to 15 feet high, with very large and long leaves; flowers in copious peduncles, greenish yellow, and having an awful odor. Globose drupe 14 inches thick with five large bony stones. The fruit is eaten only when quite ripe and of a light-brown color; the pulp is brown with a sweet acid flavor. Naturalized over Mauritius and the Indian Ocean islands.’’ (Regnard.) 29022 and 29023. Iris Tenax Dougl. Iris. From Oregon. Presented by Mr. George R. Schoch, Forest Grove, Oreg. Received November 10, 1910. Seeds of the following; notes by Mr. Schoch: 29022. ‘Flowers purple, penciled with yellow. Height of flower stems 6 to 12 inches.”’ 29023. ‘Variety alba. Height of flower stems 6 to 8 inches.”’ “These bloom for about 30 days annually. They should develop attractive flag or carpet effects In extensive grounds, lawns, or parks. The herbage should not be mown, save once in the autumn. The seeds should be forced, as they germinate reluctantly. “This plant endures the severest droughts; besides, it remains green when not subjected to severe freezes. It should find friends and admirers south of Tennessee.” 227 OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1910. Dah 29025. IrvincGIA GABONENSIS (Aubry-Lecomte) Baill. Oba. From Botnaga, Kamerun, western Africa. Presented by Mr. Fred H. Hope. Received November 17, 1910. See No. 28912 for description. ' 29026. ‘TriTiIcUM DICOCCUM DICOCCOIDES (Koern.) Asch. and Graebn. Wild wheat. From Palestine. Presented by Mr. Aaron Aaronsohn, director, Jewish Agricul- tural Experiment Station, Haifa, Palestine. Received November 3, 1910. See Bulletin No. 180, Bureau of Plant Industry, for description. Nors.—“I believe that you will do well to sow a part of this as winter wheat in the Southwest. The wild wheat sown at Bonn, Germany, last October survived the winter perfectly, as I could see for myself last May when I visited there.’’ (Aaronsohn.) 29027. PASSIFLORA LIGULARIS Juss. Passion flower. From near Ambato, Ecuador. Presented by Mr. Herman R. Dietrich, American consul general, Guayaquil. Received November 14, 1910. “This granadilla fruit was grown a short distance from Ambato, Ecuador. It is frequently shipped to Guayaquil, where it is sold to consumers at about 3% cents apiece, Ecuadorian currency.’’ (Dveérich.) 29028 to 28080. GossyPIUM spp. Cotton. From Marash, Turkey. Presented by Mr. Paul N. Nersessian. Received Novem- ber 9, 1910, Seeds of the following; notes by Mr. Nersessian: 29028. GossyPIUM HERBACEUM L. “This branches out more and grows larger than No. 29030, the bolls are - larger, and the lint cotton from a given weight of bolls is much more, but the yield of boils from a given area is much less in this locality than the afore- mentioned variety. It may yield more bolls in another locality, or the cause of the short yield may be found and remedied; then of course it will be the best of all. This variety we call Besny or Gaga.”’ 29029. GossyPIuUM HIRSUTUM L. “This variety we call Constantinople. It grows larger, branches out more like a tree, requires richer land, is sown about two weeks earlier, and matures earlier. It requires more water for irrigating than the others. The bolls open wide apart and shed out the lint cotton if not picked in-timg.’ ; 29030. GossyPIUM HERBACEUM IL. 29031 to 29033. From eastern Bengal and Assam, India. Presented by Mr. R. L. Proudlock, arboricultural expert. Received November 19, 1910. Seeds of the following: 29031. Cassta mruosoipes L. ‘A leguminous plant which is splendid for covering ground and yet easy to root out. It does well in a moist tropical climate and will in my opinion be first-rate for keeping down weeds on rubber plantations.’’ (Proudlock.) Distribution.—India, extending from the Himalayas, where it grows at an altitude of 6,000 feet, southward to Ceylon; generally naturalized in the Tropics. 227 28 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 29031 to 290338—Continued. 29032. Diospyros PEREGRINA (Gaertn.) Guerk. (?) Persimmon. 29033. Diospyros sp. Persimmon. ‘“These two species are grown in this district (Dacca) for their edible fruit. The fruits are rather astringent unless they are allowed to become almost dead . ripe before they are eaten.’’ (Proudlock.) 29034 to 29041. PHorRMIUM TENAX Forst. New Zealand fiax. From Wellington, New Zealand. Presented by Mr. T. W. Kirk, director, Depart- ment of Agriculture. Received September 8, 1910. Numbered November 21, 1910. Plants of the following varieties: 29034. Arcrowharawhara from Taupo. 29038. Oue. 29035. Awanga. 29039. Paretaniwha. 29036. Katiraukawa. 29040. Putaiore. 29037. Korokihi. 29041. Tvhore. 29042. ARGANIA SPINOSA (L.) Skeels. Argan. From Safi, Morocco. Procured by Mr. R. L. Sprague, American consul, Gibral- tar, Spain. Received November 21, 1910. See No. 28783 for previous introductions. 29043. CoFFEA MACROCARPA Rich. Coffee. From the island of Mauritius. Presented by Mr. G. Regnard, Port Louis, Mauritius. Received November 21 and 23, 1910. ‘A small and very rare shrub of Mauritius, which grows on a soil rather poor, but wet.”’ (Regnard.) Distribution.—In the woods on the slopes of the Pouce and Savanne mountain ranges in the island of Mauritius. 29044. CITRUS sp. Orange. From Olokemeji, Western Province, Southern Nigeria. Presented by Mr. A. Harold Unwin, provincial forest officer. Received November 22, 1910. ‘‘An orange, the skin of which remains green even after the fruit ripens.” (R. L. Beard, Winston Salem, N. C.) 29045. (Undetermined.) : From Botnaga, Kamerun, western Africa. Presented by Mr. Fred H. Hope. Received November 18, 1910. . ‘‘Mvut, native name. These seeds are from a tree that grows 30 to 40 feet high and hasa rough bark. The fruit is about 1 inch in diameter and 2 inches long. It grows in clusters like the grape and has a fuzz like the peach. The cluster grows out from the trunk of the tree and very often low. Generally found to do best in deep forests.’ (Hope.) 29046. AcACIA GIRAFFAE Willd. From South Africa. Presented by Prof. J. Burtt Davy, agriculturist and botanist, Department of Agriculture, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Received November 23, 1910. ‘“Seeds of the kameel-doorn. Thisis named after the camelopard, or giraffe, which is said to browse on the foliage; the Dutch word for giraffe is kameel. This tree used to be plentiful about Kimberley, but it has been largely destroyed for fuel. The wood is hard and heavy and the heartwood dark brown-red in color; Burchell (Trav- els) states that the Bechuanas used it for spoons, knife handles, ete. By white people 227 OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1910. 29 it is chiefly used for fuel, as much as 10,000 tons of fuel, mostly of this species, having been taken to Vryburg alone during some years. Kimberley has also been respon- sible for the destruction of large quantities. In the early days of mining in Kim- berley, when the kameel-doorn was plentiful in the vicinity, the hard heartwood, well oiled, was used as a support for machinery shafts. It is stated by Mr. Senator Marks, one of the old residents of Kimberley, that kameel-doorn, when well oiled, outlasted brass fittings for this purpose. ‘This tree grows in a warm, dry, sandy country, with a minimum rainfall of about 15 to 20 inches and a dry winter; its growth is said to be very slow.’”’ (Davy.) Distribution.—Dry and sandy deserts in the vicinity of Kimberley, Cape Colony, and northward to Bechuanaland. 29047. Oba vERRUCOSA (R. and S.) Link. Wild olive. From South Africa. Presented by Prof. J. Burtt Davy, government agrostol- ogist and botanist, Department of Agriculture, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Received October 31, 1910. See Nos. 25520 and 25521 for previous introduction and description. 29048. PASSIFLORA LIGULARIS Juss. Passion flower. From Bolivia. Presented by Mr. Alexander Benson, chargé d’affaires ad inte- rim, La Paz, Bolivia. Received November 22, 1910. ‘““These granadillas were purchased in the open market. As you doubtless are aware, La Paz is surrounded by desert, barren country, and all fruits which are brought to the market are brought in on the backs of donkeys from the Yungas country.” (Benson.) 29049. SOLANUM sp. Potato. Collected on the Morro Solar Mountain near Chorillos, near Lima, at about 200 meters altitude, among the rocks of a talus slope. Presented by Dr. A. Weber- bauer, German legation, Lima, Peru. Received November 23, 1910. ‘The plant from which these tubers were procured is closely related to Solanum maglia, differing from it, however, in that the flowers are not uniformly violet, but often bear violet stripes on a white ground.’’ (Weberbauer.) 29050. Pyrus sp. Pear. From Manchuria. Purchased from Mr. Edward C. Parker, agriculturist, Bureau of Agriculture, Industry, and Commerce, Mukden, Manchuria. Received November 25, 1910. ‘““Mixed varieties. Native habitat, Kwangning district, Manchuria, 42° N. lat. These varieties are very resistant to drying winds, sun scald, blight, etc. Valuable in America as hardy grafting stocks.’’ (Parker.) 29051 and 29052. From Russia. Received through Mr. Frank N. Meyer, agricultural explorer, October 18, 1910. Seeds of the following: 29051. MEDICAGO RIGIDULA MORISIANA (Jord.) Rouy and Fouc. Bur clover. From near Petrovsk, Daghestan, Caucasus, Russia. ‘‘(May 15, 1910.) A small annual bur clover found on level, sandy ground, also on stony slopes along the road. Ofsmall growth. May be of value as a winter-forage plant in regions where the winters are mild and moist, or as a summer-forage plant in the cooler sections of the United States, notably in mountainous regions.”’ ( Meyer.) Distribution.—Originally found in the islands of Corsica and Sardinia; appar- ently occurring with the species throughout southern Europe from Spain to Greece; in Asia Minor, Syria, and Persia; and in Egypt, Algeria, and Morocco. 227 80 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 29051 to 29052—Continued. 29052. PINUS LARICIO PALLASIANA (Lamb.) Endl. - Pine. From near Kirikinesh, Crimea, Russia. ‘‘(January 16, 1910.) A pine found growing wild along the coasts of the Crimea, occurring sometimes in the rockiest of situations where one would not believe a pine tree would grow. Of value as an ornamental park tree in regions where the winters are not too severe, but the summers hot and dry. Said to be used in reclaiming moving sand wastes in southern Russia.’’ (Meyer.) Distribution.—On the slopes of the mountains in the Crimean Peninsula and the adjacent shores of the Black Sea. 29054 to 29077. Musa spp. Banana. From Paramaribo, Surinam, South America. Presented by Mr. Goldsmith H. Williams, manager, United Fruit Co. Received November 19, 1910. Suckers of the following; notes by Mr. Williams: 29054. Apple banana. From Surinam. 29055. Apple banana, large. From Demerara. 29056. Apple banana, large, extra acid. From Demerara. 29057. Apple banana, very long bunches, sweet. From Demerara. 29058. Braka Bana, a sort of cross between a plantain and banana. From Surinam. 29059. Fig, or lady’s-finger, extra long bunches, usually 10 hands. From Demerara. 29060. Fig, King of the Prawn, tasteless but handsome. From New York Botanic Garden. 29061. Fig, Soekroe, very small fig banana, but quitesweet. From Surinam. 29062. Horse banana. From Demerara. | 290638. Horse banana, Camboure, pink fleshed. From Oyapok River, French Guiana. 29064. Lindo, tree exactly like the Jamaica banana, but the fruit is not so sweet and resembles slightly a plantain in appearance and flavor. From Costa Rica. 29065. Martaban Calcutta, very much like the Bumulan from Manila. From Surinam, 29066. Plantain, common. From Surinam. 29067. Palem Bang, Malay Archipelago; small fingers, but has a good flavor. 29068. Pisang Radja, Siam. From Java. 29069. Pisang Radja. From Java. Nore.—There is some question as to whether or not this is Pisang Radja, asa mistake was made in labeling it. 29070. Plantain, Vittata, St. Thomas Island, West Africa. 29071. Red, medium size; light shade of red. From Demerara. 29072. Uraba. From Gulf of Darien. 29073. Uraba No.2. From Windward Islands. 29074 to 29077. Note.—These numbers were put on the plants from which the labels had become detached en route. They can not be identified until grown. 227 OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1910. 31 29078 to 29081. From Addis Abeba, Abyssinia. Presented by Mr. Guy R. Love, American vice consul general. Received November 23, 1910. Seeds of the following: 29078 and 29079. CicER ARIETINUM L. Chick-pea. 29078. Brown seeded. 29079. Black seeded. 29080. Pisum ARVENSE L. - Field pea. 29081. Pisum sativum L. Field pea. 29082 to 29086. From Lyngby, Denmark. Presented by Mr. E. Lindhard, Experiment Station for Plant Culture, Tystofte Pr. Tjaereby, Denmark, who procured them from Mr. K. Hansen at Lyngby Experiment Station. Received November 26, 1910. Seeds of the following; quoted notes by Mr. Lindhard: 29082 to 29084. Pisum ARVENSE L. Field pea. 29082. ‘‘Marbled winter variety.” 29083. ‘‘Spotted winter variety.’’ 29084. ‘Tawny winter variety.” ‘Winter varieties of the field pea are cultivated only on very limited areas in this country.’’ 29085 and 29086. Vicra sativa L. Common vetch. 29085. ‘‘Brown.”’ 29086. ‘‘Gray.” ‘‘Fall field vetches.”’ 29087 and 29088. From Gonda, United Provinces, India. Presented by Rev. N. L. Rockey, dis- trict superintendent of the missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Re- ceived November 23, 1910. Seeds of the following: 29087. ANONA RETICULATA L. Custard-apple. 29088. Cirrus pEcuMANA (L.) Murr. Pomelo. 29089. BorHMERIA NIVEA (L.) Gaud. Ramie. From Chekiang, China. Presented by Mr. R. J. Felgate, Mokanshan, China. Received November 26, 1910. ‘“This sample grew wild in a garden close by my house.”’ (elgate.) 29090. PASSIFLORA LIGULARIS Juss. Passion flower. From Acapulco, Mexico. Presented by Mr. Marion Letcher, American consul. Received November 29, 1910. ““This fruit is sold in season in this market, but is not grown in this immediate locality, being brought from the mountain section of the State. As to the quality of the fruit, I have to say that in my opinion it is inferior in flavor to its congener (may- pop) of the cotton fields of the Southern States. The Mexican fruit has the advantage in size and in having smaller seeds. The local name for the fruit is granada china. I should judge from the name that it was introduced from China in the earlier days and is not an indigenous fruit, as supposed.’’ (Letcher.) 227 oo SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 29091. NicoTIANA TABACUM L. | Tobacco. Grown on the Santa Maria plantation, 12 miles east of the city of Pinar del Rio, and in the Vuelta Abajo, Cuba. Presented by Mr. H. H. Norton, Consolacion del Sur, Cuba. Received November 28, 1910. ‘‘T believe there is only one variety of tobacco grown in Cuba and that the different types are the results of different soils, climate, and methods of cultivation and curing.”’ (Norton.) 29092 and 29093. NicoTIANA TABACUM L. Tobacco. From Cuba. Presented by Mr. Francisco A. Montero, Santa Clara, Cuba. Received November 28, 1910. Seeds of the following: 29092. Remedios. From the district surrounding the town of this name in the province of Santa Clara. 29098. Yara. From the district in the vicinity of the town of this name in the province of Oriente, 16 miles east-southeast of Manzanillo. 29094 to 29096. From Orleans, France. Presented by Léon Chenault & Son, nurserymen. Received November 29, 1910. Plants of the following: 29094. CARRIEREA CALYCINA Franch. ‘*A deciduous tree 20 to 30 feet (sometimes 40 feet) high with a wide-spreading head of branches.”’ (Kew Bulletin, No. 9, 1909.) Distribution.—Slopes of the mountains in the northeastern part of the prov- ince of Szechwan, China, at an elevation of about 4,500 feet. 29095. TETRACENTRON SINENSE Oliv. ‘‘According to Mr. E. H. Wilson this is among the very largest of the broad- leaved trees of the Chinese forests (that is, excluding conifers). It is often 80 feet high and upward, with a trunk 20 feet in circumference. It bears small yellowish flowers in slender spikes about 4 inches long.’’ (Kew Bulletin, No. 9, 1909.) Distribution.—The districts of Chienshih and Fang in the province of Hupeh, central China. 29096. RoSA GIGANTEA X (?). Rose. “‘ Etoile du Portugal, the new hybrid of Rosa gigantea. As this variety has not yet proved to be quite hardy it would be preferable to plant it in a cool greenhouse or in a conservatory, where it would grow beautifully.”’ (Chenault.) 29097. ILEX PARAGUARIENSIS St. Hil. Yerba maté. Grown near the boundary line of Brazil and Paraguay. Presented by Mr. C. F. Mead, Cahi Puente, Paraguay. Received November 30, 1910. ‘‘This plant is known here as yerba, and the forests where it is found are called yerbales. There are many varieties hereabout, but I was lucky enough to be able to purchase seed of the best kind. Iam sending the entire fruit. To get out the seed it must be soaked for 24 hours in warm water at about 45° C., or better still put in an incubator where a steady temperature can be maintained. ‘There are five or six seeds to each fruit. The seed when planted will take three months to germinate, but if the 227 OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1910. 33 whole fruit is planted, three years are necessary. Plant in the nursery first; then transplant, spacing 10 feet apart for square method. When full grown the tree is from 30 to 40 feet high. The yerba is the leaf, cut and prepared about once every three years if you own the tree, once every two years if you rent the yerbal. The extra year acts the same on the life of the tree as proper or improper pruning does on fruit trees. The general method here is to rent two or three yerbales and harvest one each year, the picking season of Paraguay being from June 15 to the end of August. ‘“As near as I can find out, the method of preparing for market is to pick the leaves, partly dry by a fire, finish drying in the sun, and then break up fine with a kind of flail, when it is ready tosack and market. The flavor of yerba is regulated by variety; the strength, by years of growth and methods of preparation. The yield of yerba is about 3 kilos per tree when three years old, 6 kilos per tree the second crop, and a grad- ual increase then until full grown, when you can cut 80 to 100 kilos (this is probably incorrect as most authorities agree that only 25 to 35 kilos can be cut every three years). ‘“‘Maté, or, yerba takes the place of tea and coffee south of Brazil, and its use is being widely extended. There are already companies in Britain for exploiting it, and the export to Mediterranean countries has attained some volume. It has the general reputation of being far less injurious than tea or coffee. When used constantly, however, you have the same craving as with the others, and the majority even go so far as to endow the use of yerba, especially ‘amargo’ (without sugar), with medicinal qualities, though experiments carried on in Buenos Aires go to prove that such claims are greatly exaggerated, and the ‘cup of maté was not so good for Mary Anne’ as the Buenos Aires Standard expressed it. ‘Yerba is the name of the herb, but the tea is always spoken of as maté. Maté cocido is boiled yerba; this taken the same way as tea or coffee in cups is the ‘gringo’ style. For peons, a tin cup of maté and six small biscuits keep their speck of life until noontime. The general method of serving, however, is with maté and bom- billa, the word ‘maté’ here meaning the small gourd used to hold yerba and the ‘bom- billa’ the thin tube through which matéis sucked. The maté is about the size of a small cup. The yerba is placed inside and the resultant tea sucked out through the bombilla. The use of sugar is optional. On emptying the maté cup hot water is poured in again and it is passed to the next member of the ring around the fire; a very unsatisfactory and unsanitary method, to say the least, but the only way accord- ing to the natives, even though it is necessary to repeat the operation for about two hours to get enough. Maté cocido would be the only method for white people. Yerba sells in Buenos Aires for $1.15 in silver (about 50 cents in gold) per kilo.” ( Mead.) See No. 25529 for previous introduction. 29098. PoruLus TREMULA L. Poplar. From Tiflis, Caucasus, Russia. Presented by the Tiflis Botanic Garden. Re- ceived December 5, 1910. ‘“The wood of this tree is used almost exclusively in the match industry of Sweden. Undoubtedly the other species of Populus, 1. e., P. alba and P. canescens, could be used to advantage for the same purpose but for the fact that the latter are not so abun- dant as P. tremula. PP. tremula does not appear to have been noticed by botanists in America, although it is frequently found planted in our parks. Itis readily recognized by its large dark-brown buds, 1 centimeter long and half as wide. These are rather blunt and not pointed, as in the case of the Lombardy and Carolina poplars. P. tremula was in all probability introduced into Maryland by the early settlers, as it and other species are frequently found about the old mansions.” (Extract from letter of Mr. I. Tidestrom, of the Bureau of Plant Industry, September 17, 1910.) 227 84 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 29099. STIZOLOBIUM ATERRIMUM Piper and Tracy. Mauritius or Bengal bean. From the State of Minas Geraes, Brazil. Presented by Mr. Walter Fischer, acting director, Campo de Cultura Experimental Paraense. Received November 26, 1910. See No. 28906 for description. 29100. MELINIS MINUTIFLORA Beauv. From Brazil. Presented by Dr. Orville A. Derby, Servico Geologico e Mineral- ogico do Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Received December 2, 1910. ‘““The species of grass named Panicum melinis ( Melinis minutiflora) occurs in at least two distinct varieties: Capim catingueiro roxo and Catingueiro claro. The WMelinis minutifiora is certainly but a synonym of the Panicum melinis and no distinct species. A variety has been found at Petropolis, but as I had no opportunity to see this variety, I think it is an adaptation to the different conditions of humidity in the mountains.’’ (Alberto Lofgren, director, Botanic Garden, Sao Paulo, Brazil.) 29101 to 29105. From China. Presented by Mr. T. M. Wilkinson, Foochow, China. Received November 28, 1910. Seeds of the following; notes by Mr. Wilkinson: 29101. Cirrus pEcuMANA (L.) Murr. Pomelo. ‘““This tree grows 200 miles north of Foochow. It is much like the orange, but coarser. The fruit weighs from 2 to 3 pounds; the casings of the pulp are very bitter; the skin is very thick in the large fruits, nearly half aninch. All casing and rind must be carefully removed before eating. It is semitart and of fine flavor. Grows on any good land. Season, September 15 to April.” — 29102. Diospyros KAKI L. f. Persimmon. “‘T am told that this tree grows as far north as Shanghai. The fruits are large, many of them being 2 inches in diameter; skin and pulp red; sweet and fine flavored. Grows from valley to mountain side.”’ , 29108. CRATAEGUS PINNATIFIDA Bunge. Hawthorn. ““San cha. In habit this fruit tree is very much like the American thorn- apple or hawthorn, but the fruit is much larger, being 1 to 14 inches in diameter. It is semitart and makes delicious sauce and preserves.”’ 29104. (Undetermined.) ‘“‘Yellow bullet. This tree in habit and appearance is like litchi and linging. The fruit is russet in color, with skin like a grape and a translucent, semitart pulp. Season, August 10 to September 20.” 29105. (Undetermined.) ‘A doctor who lives 200 miles in the interior gave me the fruit this seed came from and said it seemed to grow wild. In appearance it was very much like a pawpaw, but the flavor was semitart; he was unable to learn the native name. Where this came from there is some snow in winter.”’ 227 OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1910. 395 29106 to 29109. SAccHARUM OFFICINARUM L. Sugar cane. From Japan. Purchased from the Yokohama Nursery Co., Yokohama, Japan. Received Decembery 8, 1910. Cuttings of the following: 29106. ‘‘Chikusho. Early variety.” 29107. ‘Earliest variety from Kagawa Ken.” 29108. ‘‘Kikaigashima. Early variety from Kagoshima Ken.” 29109. ‘‘Oshima. Early variety from Kagoshima Ken.”’ See No. 28193 for purpose for which introduced. 99110. Crrrus LIMETTA Risso. Lime. From Seharunpur, India. Received through Mr. R. 8. Woglum, of the United States Department of Agriculture, December 5, 1910. Sylhet. 29111 to 29115. From Peradeniya, Ceylon. Presented by Dr. John C. Willis, director, Royal Botanic Gardens. Received December 5, 1910. Seeds of the following: 29111. Diospyros arrinis Thwaites. Distribution.—Known only from the island of Ceylon. 29112. Diospyrros aTrenvuatTa Thwaites. Distribution.—Known only from the island of Ceylon. 29118. Dzrosprros insienis Thwaites. Distribution.—In the damp forests on the slopes of the mountains of Ceylon up to an elevation of 2,000 feet, and on the Anamually Hiils in southern India, to an elevation of 2,000 to 3,000 feet. 29114. Diospyros mMoonir Thwaites. Distribution.—Known only from the island of Ceylon. 29115. Masa osionerrouia Hiern. A small tree closely allied to Diospyros. Distribution.—Low moist regions up to an elevation of 1,000 feet in the island of Ceylon. 29116. DrosPyYRos sp. Persimmon. From China. Presented by Mr. E. T. Williams, a member of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State, through Dr. R. H. True. Received - December 5, 1910. ‘Some years since, when. Mr. Frank Meyer was in China, he asked me to obtain for him if possible some seeds of the Chinese persimmon, which is for the most part seedless. I mentioned it at the time to a friend, who is now in Nanking and who has sent me these seeds just found in a persimmon. If he had sent a larger quantity an interesting experiment might have been made, since all Chinese persimmons are propagated by grafting upon the wild stock.” (Hvziract from letter of Mr. E. T. Williams, Dec. 1, 1910, to Dr. True.) 227 36 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 29117 to 29121. AsPARAGUS spp. | From Paris, France. Purchased from Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. Received December 5, 1910. Seeds of the following climbing varieties: 29117. ASPARAGUS BLAMPIEDII Hort. 29118. ASPARAGUS cRISPUS Lam. See No. 28923 for previous introduction. 29119. AsPpARAGUS COMORENSIS Hort. 29120. ASPARAGUS SCANDENS DEFLEXUS Baker. Distribution.—In woods on the lower slopes of the mountains in the Somerset division of the central region of Cape Colony and in the vicinity of Cape Town. 29121. ASPARAGUS VERTICILLATUS L. ‘“Fruitred. Height3 to4 meters. Foliage ornamental from April to October.”’ Distribution.—Southeastern Europe and western Asia, extending from Turkey through the Caucasus region to the southern part of Siberia and northern Persia. 29122. CoRDEAUXIA EDULIS Hemsl. Yeheb nut. From Kew, England. Presented by Dr. David Prain, director, Royal Botanic Gardens. Received December 2, 1910. ‘The yeheb plant grows in poor sandy soil in the dry regions of Italian Somaliland. The underground soil is said to be somewhat moist and at certain seasons of the year there are regular and plentiful rains in the localities where the plant grows. ‘“The yeheb forms an evergreen bush about 4 to 6 feet high and the seeds are an important article of food among the Somalis. ‘‘Tts seeds, called nuts, have a high food value, containing 21 per cent of cane sugar, 2 per cent of reducing sugars, 13 per cent of proteids, and 37 per cent of carbo- hydrates. They form an article of commerce and are brought to the coast by caravans. They are eaten by the native Dolbahanta Somalis in preference to rice and dates. Though the climate of Somaliland is not well known, the indications are that where this plant grows long periods of drought occur, but rains are abundant and regular at certain seasons of the year. Winter temperatures probably do not go below freezing. The plant quickly forms a long taproot, bears when only 4 feet high, has evergreen leaves which if crushed stain the fingers a magenta color, and grows into a large tree. ‘“At Kew seedlings have been raised without difficulty under moist tropical con- ditions, but it is hoped that it may be possible to establish the plant in dry regions where the soil is poor and the conditions are similar to those of its native country.”’ (See Kew Bulletin, 1908, No. 1, pp. 36-44, and No. 3, p. 141.) ‘“‘T doubt very much if Florida will suit this plant, but the southern part of Cali- fornia seems more hopeful. It is evident, however, from its behavior with us that it is one of those desert plants which insist on having desert conditions so far at least as the surface is concerned, though I suspect it likes to be able to tap a deep supply of water. Perhaps a sand draw, provided such can be found in a region sufficiently hot, would be the ideal locality for it.’’ (Prain.) 29123 and 29124. Cirrus LIMETTA Risso. Lime. From Trinidad, British West Indies. Collected and presented by Mr. G. P. Wilder, of Hawaii. Received December 7, 1910. Cuttings of the following; notes by Mr. Wilder: 29123. ‘‘Spineless lime, from St. Clair Experiment Station, Port of Spain. This lime had few seeds, juice was of fine quality, shape roundish and de- pressed. There are about 6 to 8 trees, very healthy and robust. The entire wood is free from thorns.”’ 227 OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1910. Si 29123 and 29124. Cirrus LIMETTA Risso—Continued. 29124. ‘Potter seedless lime, from Tree River Estate, La Brea, Pitch Lake. These limes were excellent. I sampled over two dozen and did not find any signs of seeds. Skin greenish; rind thick, but as the location of the tree was a low, damp, fertile valley I am led to believe it would not produce such coarse-skinned fruits under different circumstances.”’ 29125. NICOTIANA TABACUM L. Tobacco. From Cuba. Presented by Mr. F. L. Cervantes, Havana, Cuba. Received December 8, 1910. San Juan y Martines. 29126. NicoTIANA TABACUM L. Tobacco. From Pinar del Rio, Cuba. Presented by Mr. Francisco A. Montero, Santa Clara, Cuba. Received December 12, 1910. Vuelta. 29127 and 29128. NicoTrana TABACUM L. Tobacco. From Cuba. Presented by Mr. Robert M. Grey, superintendent, Harvard Botan- ical Experiment Station, Cienfuegos, Cuba. Received December 5, 1910. Seeds of the following: 29127. Remedios. Grown one year in Manicaragua, the chief tobacco dis- trict in Santa Clara Province. 29128. Vuelta. From the city of Pinar del Rio, Vuelta Abajo district. 29129. RAJANIA PLEIONEURA Griseb. ‘“Waw-waw.”’ From Cuba. Presented by Mr. Robert M. Grey, superintendent, Harvard Botan- ical Experiment Station, Cienfuegos, Cuba. Received December 8, 1910. ‘fA large tuber that was brought in by one of the Guajiros from the hills under the name ‘Guagua fiame.’ Itisalso known here under the name of ‘Alambrillo.’” (Grey.) See No. 28894 for previous introduction. 29130 and 29131. SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM L. Sugar cane. From Cuba. Presented by Mr. Robert M. Grey, superintendent, Harvard Botan- ical Experiment Station, Cienfuegos, Cuba. Received December 8, 1910. Cuttings of the following: 29130. Caledonia Queen. 29131. Lowisiana Purple. 29132. CASTANEA CRENATA S. and Z. Chestnut. From Japan. Presented by Prof. T. Minami, Agricultural College, Tokoku Imperial University, Hokushu, Japan. Received December 10, 1910. Aomori. A variety of chestnut which is said to occur in the northern part of the north island of Japan. 29133. PHYTOLACCA ACINOSA Roxb. From Japan. Purchased from the Yokohama Nursery Co., Yokohama, Japan. Received December 10, 1910. Variety esculenta. ‘‘This is a perennial found wild only in moist mountain-forest undergrowth. The leaves are eaten boiled in miso soup by rural people; the root is : somewhat Beer ous and is used as a drug by the herb medical school; the berries are not edible.’’ ( Yokohama Nursery Co.) e Distribution.—Southeastern Asia, extending from northern India eastward through China to Japan. 227 88 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 29134. Itex PARAGUARIENSIS St. Hil. Yerba maté. From Paraguay. Presented by Mr. ©. F. Mead, Cahi Puente, Paraguay. Received December 10, 1910. ‘“*Crop of 1910.” See No. 29097 for description. 29137. PERSEA AMERICANA Miller 1768. Avocado. (Persea gratissima Gaertn. f. 1805.) Material growing at the Subtropical Garden, Miami, Fla. Numbered December, 1910. ‘‘Bud wood furnished by Mr. Andrew Hardie, Cocoanut Grove, Fla., who mailed a specimen of fruit to this office. The tree is a seedling of the Trapp variety, but differs from this sort in the shape of the fruit, which is slightly ovoid and of a very attractive purplish-red color. It is said to be quite prolific and promises to be one of the most valuable accessions to our avocado collection, not so much on account of superior quality but for its unusually attractive appearance and the fact that it ripens late, about Christmas. The fruit is medium to large size, possesses a very thick skin, and the meat is medium thick, yellow, and very tender. The seed is comparatively large but firmly inclosed by the meat.”’ (H. F. Schultz.) 29138 to 29140. MerpiIcaGo spp. FromIndia. Presented by Mr. F. Booth Tucker, Salvation Army, Simla, India. Received December 14, 1910. Seeds of the following; notes by Mr. Tucker: 29138. MeEpICAGO HISPIDA APICULATA (Willd.) Urban. From the Punjab Agricultural College (irrigated colonies). ‘‘This is known here as Maina. The Director of Agriculture tells me that this is an excellent fodder for cattle, and especially for milch cows, but that it is not suitable for horses.”’ 28139. Merpicaco Fatcata L. From Lahul, in the heart of the Himalayas, near Kashmir. ‘‘Lahulisa valley 10,000 to 11,000 feet above the sea, surrounded by glaciers and snowy moun- tains and covered with snow during the winter months.’’ 29140. Meprtcaco sativa L. Alfalfa. From the Punjab Agricultural College (irrigated colonies). ‘‘The ordinary Medicago sativa as grown in the Punjab by horse breeders.”’ 29141 to 29150. Received through Mr. Frank N. Meyer, agricultural explorer, December 10, 1910. Cuttings of the following: 29141. RIBEs sp. Red currant. From near Guldscha, Russian Turkestan. ‘“‘(No. 791, October 10, 1910.) Found growing on a dry mountain side at an elevation of about 6,000 feet. Of vigorous growth, the tallest stems being 8 feet long. Of value in hybridization experiments and, when somewhat improved, as a hardy garden fruit for the northern sections of the United States.’’ ( Meyer.) 29142. Rises nicrum L. Black currant. From near Terek-Dawan, Russian Turkestan. ‘‘(No. 792, October 13, 1910.) Found growing in a cold, stony canyon at an elevation of over 9,000 feet above sea level. The Russians who live here and there in the mountains make a very palatable preserve from the ripe berries. This shrub may be of value asa garden fruit in the most northern sections of the United States.’’ (Meyer.) 227 OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1910. 39 29141 to 29150—Continued. 29148. Sattx sp. Willow. From Guldscha, Russian Turkestan. ‘‘(No. 793, October 11,1910.) A willow found on sandy alkaline flats; has long, very narrow leaves, and reddish twigs. The trunk, when getting old, assumes a black color and is often twisted and enarled. The wood is harder than any other willow I ever saw. The trees erow only to a moderate size and may be of value as ornamental garden and park trees and as windbreaks in alkaline sections of the United States. The young twigs are very pliable and may be employed as a tying material.’’ ( Meyer.) 29144. SALIx sp. Willow. _ From Chinese Turkestan, near Irkestan. ‘‘(No. 794, October 15, 1910.) A shrubby willow with reddish twigs and very lanceolate leaves, found growing on very sandy and alkaline places. It has sand-binding qualities, while the young twigs are fit for tying purposes and for basket material. Of value in sandy and alkaline sections of the United States as a hedge plant and an arrester _ of moving sands.’’ ( Meyer.) 29145. SaLtix sp. Willow. From Chinese Turkestan, near Irkestan. ‘‘(No. 795, October 15, 1910.) A tall shrubby willow having reddish young twigs, while the stems become quite white when older. Growing on alkaline flats on wind-swept places. Of value as a windbreak and hedge plant in alkaline sections of the northern United States.”’ (Meyer.) 29146. LoNIcERA sp. Honeysuckle. From Chinese Turkestan, near Irkestan. “(No. 796, October 15, 1910.) A shrubby honeysuckle, growing on remarkably dry, stony, and wind-swept places at altitudes often over 9,000 feet above the sea. It has small, somewhat downy leaves and bears yellow berries. Recommended as an ornamental garden shrub and as a possible hedge plant in the dry, cold sections of the United States.’’ ( Meyer.) 29147. REAUMURIA sp. From Chinese Turkestan, near Irkestan. ‘“(No. 797, October 15, 1910.) A Tamarix-like shrub found on very sandy and alkaline flats at elevations of 8,000 feet and less. Recommended asa sand binder in sandy sections of the northern United States.’’ (Meyer.) 29148. PopuLUS sp. Poplar. From Chinese Turkestan, near Irkestan. ‘‘(No. 798, October 15, 1910.) A poplar found here and there in clumps on sandy flats and on alkaline places. Leaves round, elliptical. Color of trunk and twigs gray white. The trees apparently do not grow very large. They may prove of value as shade trees and as windbreaks around gardens in alkaline sections of the northern United States.’’ ( Meyer.) 29149. Tamarix sp. Tamarisk. _ From near Ulukshat, Chinese Turkestan. ‘“ (No. 799, October 16, 1910.) A low-growing tamarisk found on sandy and alkaline level places at elevations of 7,000 and 8,000 feet above sea level. Arrests blowing sands quite well and is recommended for this purpose in the colder sections of the United States.’’ ( Meyer.) 29150. CRATAEGUS sp. Hawthorn. From near Kan-Shugan, Chinese Turkestan. ‘“(No. 800, October 17, 1910.) A hawthorn of dense growth, reaching the size of a small tree. Leaves large and deeply lobed; berries pale yellow. Found on stony places along water- courses at elevations of 7,000 and 8,000 feet above sea level. Of value as an ornamental park and garden tree in the northern sections of the United States.” ( Meyer.) 227 40 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 29151. EUuPHORBIA CANARIENSIS L. From Teneriffe, Canary Islands. Presented by Mr. R. J. Hazeltine, American vice consul. Received November 10, 1910. See Nos. 3031 and 10693 for previous introductions. Distribution.—A shrub or tree 12 to 20 feet high with 4 to 6 angled branches, native of the Canary Islands. 29152 and 29158. From island of Mauritius. Presented by Mr. G. Regnard, Port Louis. Received December 9, 1910. Seeds of the following: 29152. NorTHEA SEYCHELLANA Hook. f. Capucin. This is a tree 60 to 80 feet high, with thick coriaceous leaves 5 to 9 inches long, and bearing inconspicuous flowers in small axillary clusters which pro- duce large fruits with a seed the size of a hen’s egg. It is a native of Three Brothers Island in the Seychelles Archipelago. 29153. STADMANNIA OPPOSITIFOLIA Lam. “Bois de fer.—This tree is scarce in our forests; it produces bunches of a fruit resembling Nepheliwm longan which are devastated before ripening by monkeys and bats. The pulp of these fruits makes excellent jelly and jam which recall those of quince. The tree is fine and its wood of an extreme tenacity.”’ (Regnard.) Distribution.—Found occasionally in the forests in the island of Mauritius. 29154 to 29160. The following plants propagated by Mr. G. L. Taber, Glen St. Mary Nursery Co., Glen St. Mary, Fla., for distribution by the Office of Crop Physiology and Breeding Investigations. Numbered December 16, 1910. Seedling plants as follows: 29154 to 29158. CITRUS TRIFOLIATA X AURANTIUM. Citrange. 29154. Colman. See No. 19609. 29155. Morton. See No. 16872. 29156. Rusk. See No. 13002. 29157. Rusk. Budded on sour stock. 29158. Colman. Budded on sour stock. 29159. CITRUS DECUMANA X NOBILIS. Tangelo. Sampson. “This is a hybrid between the ordinary grapefruit or pomelo (female parent) and the Dancey tangerine (male parent). The color of the fruit is much like that of an orange. Its size is midway between the pomelo and tangerine. In flavor it is sprightly acid, but rather sweeter than the pomelo. Its most pronounced characters, however, are the looseness of the rind and the ease with which the segments can be separated; in these qualities it partakes of the nature of the tangerine. In short, the fruit is much like a high-flavored orange, but has a trace of the sprightly flavor of the grapefruit. The tree is an early and abundant bearer. The Sampson tangelo is of course no hardier than either parent and can be grown only in the orange belts of Florida and Cali- fornia.”” (W. T. Swingle.) | Note.—This Sampson tangelo is exactly the same as Nos. 13004 and 21596, | except that it is grafted on Citrus trifoliata stock. 227 OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 81, 1910. 41 29154 to 29160—Continued. 29160. CrTRUS TRIFOLIATA X AURANTIUM. Citrange. Etonia or flowering citrange. “This isa hybrid between the common orange and the trifoliata, having the same parents as the Colman, Morton, and other standard citranges. So far it has borne almost no fruit. On the other hand, it flowers profusely in early spring and the flowers are very large in size, larger than those of either parent. They appear with the leaves and are often so abundant as almost to hide the foliage. This variety is being distributed on a small scale for trial in cities for dooryard planting, where an ornamental rather than a fruit tree is desired.’”’?’ (W. T. Swingle.) 29161. PrRSEA AMERICANA Miller. Avocado. From Barbados, British West Indies. Presented by Mr. A. S. Archer, Antigua, British West Indies. Received December 16, 1910. “The fruits from which I obtained these seeds were purple and each weighed from 2 pounds 10 ounces up to 3 pounds 2 ounces; nothing better could have been desired. The seed cavity was small.’’ (Archer.) 29162. ANONA RETICULATA L. Custard-apple. From Cairns, North Queensland, Australia. Presented by Prof. Howard New- port, instructor in tropical agriculture and manager of the Kamerunga State Nursery, Department of Agriculture. Received December 15, 1910. Cuttings. 29163. NicorraNa TABACUM IL. Tobacco. From the district of Mascota, in the State of Jalisco, on the west coast of Mexico. Presented by Dr. Pehr Olsson-Seffer, editor, American Review of Tropical Agriculture, Mexico City, Mexico. Received December 10, 1910. “This seed is from the variety which supplies the cigar leaf of the locally well- known Mascota cigars, and is considered one of the best in this country.’’ (Olsson- Seffer.) 29164. AGAVE sp. Agave. From Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Wercklé, through Prof. H. Pittier. Received December 15, 1910. ‘“These plants are of no value for the production of fiber, but the character of the leaves indicates that they are likely to be very attractive ornamentals and I suggest that they be distributed either to botanical gardens or to growers of succulent plants.’’ (L. H. Dewey.) 29165. CITRUS sp. Orange. From Bahia, Brazil. Presented by Mr. Southard P. Warner, American consul. Received December 10, 1910. ‘‘Laranja da terra.’’ Used asastock. For description, see No. 30605. 29166. ANDROPOGON soRGHUM (L.) Brot. Kowliang (?) From Chillicothe, Tex. Grown by Mr. A. B. Conner, in charge of the Depart- ment experiment farm. Received December 12, 1910. “‘Grown from No. 27764 which was secured from Mr. J. K. Freed, Scott City, Kans. This variety came from Mr. Freed as White Amber sorgo, but it is evidently a kowliang. It gives considerable promise, because of its earliness, as both a grain and a forage crop.’? (Conner.) 220 49 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 29167. Zea mays L. | Corn. From near Ciudad del Maiz, State of San Luis Potosi, Mexico, the latitude being approximately 22° 20’ and the longitude being approximately 20 miles west of the line which runs exactly north and south through Mexico City. The elevation of the ranch is approximately 1,000 meters. Presented by Mr. Wil- bert L. Bonney, American consul, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Received Decem- ber 16, 1910. ; ‘“This corn was grown by an American ranchman who selects his seed corn carefully, and this sample may be regarded as representing the best corn now grown in this State.” (Bonney.) 29169 and 29170. From Seharunpur, India. Received through Mr. R. S. Woglum, of the United States Department of Agriculture, December 20, 1910. Seeds of the following: 29169. BamBos sp. Bamboo. ‘Said to be seed of a bamboo which grows wild around Seharunpur.’’ (Woglum.) 29170. Livonia acipissma L. ‘“‘T found one tree of this species in the Botanical Garden at Seharunpur. Tree 25 to 30 feet tall and very healthy. Fruit ripening at this time of year (November 15). A small blackish fruit, almost half an inch in diameter, con- taining a small pit of roundish form.’’ (Woglum.) See No. 26496 for previous introduction. 29171. DiosPyRos sp. Persimmon. From Tampico, Mexico. Presented by Mr. Clarence A. Miller, American consul, who procured them from Mr. Mordelo Vincent. Received December 17, 1910. ‘The fruits from which this seed was taken are not very large. They have green skins and black meat and resemble in contour the Japanese persimmon. ‘They are very sweet but insipid and full of seed.” (Miller.) 29172. NICOTIANA TRIGONOPHYLLA Dunal. Wild tobacco. From the neighborhood of San Pedro de Ocampo, Mexico. Presented by Dr. Elswood Chaffey, Cerros, Mazapil, Zacatecas, Mexico. Received December 19, 1910. Cimarron. Distribution.—In sandy soil, Texas to California and southward to the vicinity of Coahuila in central Mexico. 29173. ZIZANIA LATIFOLIA (Griseb.) Stapf. Wild rice. From Canton, China. Presented by Mr. G. W. Groff, Canton Christian College. Received December 20, 1910. ** Woo kau or kau sun.”’ See No. 26760 for previous introduction, 227 ss OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1910. 43 29174 and 29175. From Mexico. Secured by the Supervisor of Forests, Tucson, Ariz., from the Director General of Agriculture of Mexico. Received December 20, 1910. Seeds of the following: 29174. CUPRESSUS THURIFERA H. B. K. Cypress. Distribution.—Wooded slopes of fhe mountains in the vicinity of Tasco and Orizaba, Mexico, at an elevation of 5,000 to 7,000 feet. 29175. PINUS MONTEZUMAE Lamb. Pine. Distribution.—Mountain slopes at an elevation of 3,500 to 12,000 feet from Chihuahua southward to the vicinity of Orizaba, Mexico. 29176 to 29197. From Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. H. M. Curran, Forest Service, Manila, P. I. Received December 12, 1910. Seeds of the following; notes by Mr. Curran: 29176. CLITORIA TERNATEA L. ‘““Calocanting (Tagalog). Rapid-growing vine with ornamental foliage and large, blue solitary flowers. Commonly cultivated in the Philippines.”’ 29177. (Undetermined.) (Fabacez.) “‘A vine found commonly by roadsides, ornamental.’’ 29178. CASUARINA EQUISETIFOLIA Stickman. *Agoho (Tagalog). A rapid-growing ornamental timber tree, suitable for planting on sandy exposed beaches.”’ 29179. CARICA PAPAYA L. Papaya. ‘*Wdible fruit, good flavor; cultivated and wild.” 29180. DIDYMOSPERMA sp. ‘‘Pugaham (Tagalog). A large, rapid-growing, very ornamental palm.”’ 29181. INTs sp. ‘“‘T[pul (Tagalog). Large, rapid-growing, ornamental timber tree. Wood very durable. Grows near tidewater. Purple and white flowers.’’ 29182. Cassia FISTULA L. ‘Cana fistula (Tagalog). An ornamental rapid-growing timber tree; wood durable. Bears large clusters of yellow flowers, very showy. Fruit is used for medicine.”’ 29183. OroxyLon rinpIcum (L.) Vent. ‘““Pincapincahan (Tagalog). Ornamental medium-sized tree. Very rapid erowing. Wood used for matches. Large purple flowers and conspicuous cet? Distribution.—Throughout India from the Himalayas, where it reaches an altitude of 3,000 feet, southward to Ceylon and Burma, and in Cochin China and the Malay Archipelago. 29184. MEZONEURON GLABRUM Desf. ‘‘ Cabit-cabag (Tagalog). A rapid-growing vine, bearing ornamental fruit.”’ Distribution.—The Province of Tenasserim in southern Burma, the island of Timor, and in the Philippines. 29185. Cassia sp. “‘Balacbac (Tagalog). A low-growing shrub with conspicuous ornamental yellow flowers.” 227 44 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 29176 to 29197—Continued. 29186. (Undetermined.) (Fabacez.) “Tagum (Tagalog). A small tree, wood hard and durable, bears spikes of purple flowers.” 29187. ERyYTHRINA INDICA Lam. ‘‘Dap-dap (Tagalog). Ornamental’ seaside tree with conspicuous masses of showy red flowers which appear before the leaves. Plant deciduous during dry season.”’ See No. 26499 for previous introduction. 29188. WALLICHIA TREMULA (BI.) Mart. ‘“Dumayuca (Tagalog). An ornamental low-growing palm. Midrib used for making brooms.”’ Distribution.—Known only from the Philippines. 29189. (Undetermined.) ‘Antipolo (Tagalog). A large rapid-growing timber tree. Tree yields abundant white latex, used for birdlime. Immature fruit reported edible when cooked.”’ 29190. ALBIZZIA sp. ‘‘ Malasampaloc (Tagalog). An ornamental medium-sized timber tree; durable wood. Tree resembles Tamarindus indica.”’ 29191. PirHECOLOBIUM ACLE (Bl.) Vidal. ‘“‘Acle (Tagalog). An ornamental timber tree. Mimosa-like white flowers; conspicuous fruits.”’ 29192. (Undetermined.) (Asclepiadacez.) ‘‘Ornamental vine. Large fruits; possible source of rubber. Abundant fiber, with seeds; possibly of commercial importance.”’ 29193. Viana uNGuIcuLATA L. | Cowpea. ‘““Setar (Tagalog). Cowpea cultivated by Negritos of Zambales.”’ 29194. Toona cALANTAS Merrill and Rolfe. ‘‘Calantas (Tagalog). An ornamental timber tree furnishing the cigar-box cedar.”’ Distribution.—The islands of Luzon and Mindoro, in the Philippines. 29195. Diosprros KAKI L. f. Persimmon. ‘‘Chinese persimmon sold on the Manila market. Large red fruits, good flavor.”’ 29196. (Undetermined.) (Apocynacez.) ‘‘An ornamental vine, copious latex, possible source of rubber and fiber.”’ 29197. MersPILUS GERMANICA L. Medlar. ‘‘Medlar pear, sold on the markets of eastern Europe. Flesh soft, with much the color and taste of decayed apples.” 29198 to 292038. From Argentina. Procured by Prof. F. Lamson-Scribner from Mr. Carlos Girola, secretary of the Society Rural, Buenos Aires. Received October 17, 1910. Seeds of the following: 29198. Cucumis MELO L. Muskmelon. From the American consul, Buenos Aires. 227 OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1910. 45 29198 to 29203—Continued. 29199. Oryza sativa L. Rice. “Bolita.”’ From Tucuman Province. 29200. Oryza sativa L. Rice. ‘‘Negro.’’ From Misiones Province. 29201. Triticum puRUM Desf. Wheat. ** Anchuelo.’’ From Entre Rios Province. 29202. Triticum TURGIDUM L. Wheat. ‘“ Medeah.”’ From Jujuy Province. 29203. Triticum DURUM Desf. Wheat. ‘““Candeal.’’? From central part of La Pampa Province. 29206 to 29208. CHAYOTA EDULIS Jacq. Chayote. From Kingston, Jamaica. Presented by Mr. William Harris, Superintendent of Public Gardens, Department of Agriculture. Received December 22, 1910. Seeds of the following: 29206. Black (not black, however, but a dark green). 29207. Green (a light green). 29208. White (milky white). 29209. CucuRBITA PEPO L. Pumpkin. From Florida. Presented by Mr. Lorenzo D. Creel, United States Indian Service, Fort Myers, Fla. Received December 22, 1910. “Seeds of a pumpkin I found the Seminole Indians in the Everglades were growing and probably have been growing for a very long time. It is remarkable for its sweet- ness and good keeping quality.”’ (Creel.) 29210. Hreiscus SABDARIFFA L. Roselle. From Mayaguez, Porto Rico. Presented by Mr. C. F. Kinman, horticulturist, Porto Rico Agricultural Experiment Station. Received December 29, 1910. “Roselle does exceeding well here. The plants when set 3 or 4 feet apart branch freely, grow to be 6 to 9 feet tall, and produce 200 or more fruits. The fruit makes a delicious sauce which by one not familiar with roselle is mistaken for cranberry. At Thanksgiving the fruit is in demand here by Americans, but I am surprised at the little care they have for it except on that date. The Porto Ricans do not care for so tart a fruit, so the market for it here will continue to be very limited. The plants require so little attention and are so prolific that quantities of it would be raised were there any demand. It can be dried easily, and some experiments indicate that it will keep well, making it possible to supply a market at any time of the year. ““T can only guess as to the value of this plant in the Southern States where the soil is quite sandy and in some places dry, as my experience in growing roselle is limited to Porto Rico and Cuba, where the soil is a heavy clay and where the plants do well.” (Kinman.) 29211. ANANAS SATIVUS Schult. f. Pineapple. From Tjiomas, Java. Presented by the Director of Agriculture, Buitenzorg, Java. Received December 29, 1910. ““A large pineapple, mandaloeng, from Tjiomas. This is less fragrant than the common “anas Bogor, also from Tjiomas.’’ (Teysmannia, vol. 21, no. 3, 1910.) 227 46 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 29213 to 29270. Received through Mr. Frank N. Meyer, agricultural explorer, December 20, 1910. Seeds of the following: 29213. AmyapaLus commuNIS L. Almond. From Khokan, Russian Turkestan. “(No. 1413a, September 28, 1910.) Astachan badam. oii ; ys, CMe B. P. I.—77. pees AND PLANIS’ IMPORTED DURING THE PERIOD FROM JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 380, 1911: INVENTORY NO. 28; NOS. 31871 TO 31938. INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT. This twenty-eighth inventory of seeds and plants imported con- tains 20 per cent more material than the inventory covering the same period of last year and includes 668 introductions. It contains some interesting plants collected by Mr. Frank N. Meyer in Chinese Turkestan during the winter of 1910 and the spring of 1911. These months were spent by Mr. Meyer in exploring the oases of Chinese Turkestan south of the Tien Shan Range and in crossing over this range to Chugutchak, Mongolia. Of the dangers of travel in this country Mr. Meyer himself will probably be given an opportunity to tell in a later publication. Certainly they were great enough to make the material secured of very unusual value. Part of the collections made by Mr. C. V. Piper during his study of the forage-crop situation in the Philippines is also included. His collections from the Dutch East Indies and British India, where he traveled as an agricultural explorer, will be described in future inventories. _ Experimenters living in the Northern States will probably be interested in the collection of winter wheats which Mr. Meyer secured in Chinese Turkestan (Nos. 31780 to 31791); in four varieties of hull-less barley from which the natives of Chinese Turkestan make bread (Nos. 31793 to 31796); in alfalfa varieties from Khotan, Kash- gar, and Khanaka, one of which has the ability to grow in cool weather when other sorts have stopped growing (Nos. 31811 to 31815); in a variety of alfalfa from Chugutchak, Mongolia, which is said by the growers there to be much hardier than the Turkestan alfalfa, though giving only two cuttings, whereas the Turkestan gives three, but while one-third of the plants of the Turkestan alfalfa were winterkilled none of the Mongolian variety was injured (No. 31687); in a hardy wild apple found by Mr. Meyer at Kulja, Chinese Turkestan, which may prove of value for breeding purposes (No. 248 7 8 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 31688); in the oleasters from this same region, which are among the hardiest and generally most useful trees known for dry, cold coun- tries (No. 31822); in some winter radishes for midsummer planting (No. 31697); and in four Mongolian wild roses with characters which may make them valuable for breeding purposes (Nos. 31692 to 31695). Experimenters in the Gulf States will be interested to learn of the introduction from the Hawaiian Islands of a species of cotton entirely new to this country (No. 31680). This is a good-sized tree with large scarlet flowers, and seeds with a remarkable short brown lint on them. Only a few trees are in existence and these will be carefully guarded to prevent this very striking relative of our cotton plant from becom- ing extinct and forever precluding the possibility of hybrids being made between it and the cultivated species. The attention of the same experimenters in the South is called to a collection of grasses made by the New Zealand Government for the purpose of regrassing the denuded areas of South Island (Nos. 31489 to 31509); to a collection of apple varieties resistant in the mild climate of New Zealand to the woolly aphis (Nos. 31511 to 31536); to a new chance seedling plum of the Satsuma type (No. 31652) and a new variety of subtropical apple from Natal (No. 31653); to seven distinct varieties of the New Zealand flax which are reported to be superior fiber producers (Nos. 31884 to 31890); to six varieties of the sweet potato which have been either developed by the Maoris of New Zealand or brought, according to their tradition, from the Hawaiian Islands by their ancestors (Nos. 31908 to 31913); and to nine varieties of rice from Chinese Turkestan (Nos. 31823 to 31832), one of which is said to ripen its grain 10 weeks after sowing. To those whose experimental gardens lie south of the zone of severe freezes some of the following introductions may appeal, for, although many of them are reported to be strictly tropical, their ability to grow farther north than the latitude in which they were discovered remains to be determined. The success of the Carissa as a hedge and fruit plant has made it seem advisable to get other species of the same genus from Natal (Nos. 31840 and 31841). The awakening of subtropical horticulturists to the value of the avocado has led to the introduction of the best varieties of ‘‘paltas” from Quillota, Chile (No. 31631), and five differ- ent forms from various localities in Costa Rica and Guatemala (Nos. 31375, 31376, 31478, 31614, and 31616), while the introduction of the. new species Persea pittierr (I (No. 31928) should interest particularly those who have begun to improve this new fruit plant by breeding -and selection. Since the days of Capt. Cook the seedless breadfruits of Tahiti have been famous, but the culture of these seedless forms, which are 248 ess eer 2 Btn JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1911. 9 baked and eaten as a vegetable, seems not to have spread very widely through the Tropics. The introduction of cuttings (No. 31378) may therefore stimulate an interest in this tree, which has so much of tropical romance connected with it. Ten varieties of tropical yams (Droscorea spp., Nos. 31914 to 31923) from Port Moresby, New Guinea, may add some valuable strains to the collections of West Indian forms; two interesting mangos from Tahiti (Nos. 31379 and 31380) are added to the hundred or so varieties which compose the Florida collections. Mr. Piper calls attention to the uses of the Nipa palm as a plant for trial in the brackish swamps of southern Florida (No. 31556) and reports on the quality of the fruit of the wampee from Canton, China (No. 31730), which, while it is one of the commonest fruits of South China, is little known in Florida or Porto Rico. The cajuput tree of New South Wales (No. 31736) has made a remarkable growth on the shores of Florida and promises to be a most valuable tree for that region, and the further introduction of seed will be of interest to those who are studying the forest problems of that State. The lacquer tree of China and Japan is a relative of our poison ivy and is quite as poisonous to some people, but the remarkable charac- ter of the sap, which is different from the paint oils or varnishes in use in this country, makes its culture worthy of the consideration of chemists. The drying process is not a simple oxidation phenomenon, but it depends on the action of enzymes upon albuminoids in the presence of an organic acid, and, as the product, lacquer, is one of the most durable and perfect wood coatings known, it would seem worth while to find ways by which it can be handled by painters. The introduction of the crude lacquer and seeds of the lacquer tree (No. 31639) are for the purpose of interesting the paint and varnish makers of this country. The extensive employment in India of the juice of a certain tropi- cal persimmon, when mixed with charcoal, as a coating for the planks of boats has made it seem worth while to add this species to our collection of Diospyros (No. 31488). | To those who wish to test new forms im their gardens, the narras from Walfisch Bay, a dune-forming, thorny cucurbitaceous plant (No. 31401) which produces fruits upon which the Hottentots live and thick nutlike seeds which are used in South Africa as a substi- tute for almonds, will perhaps be of interest; or one of Mr. Piper’s introductions from the Philippines, a vine with beautiful globose smooth red fruits as large as an orange (No. 31588); or the pacuri of Paraguay, a plant as frost resistant as the orange, which bears edible fruit (No. 31872). 248 10 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. As heretofore, the manuscript for this inventory has been prepared by Miss Mary A. Austin, and the botanical determinations have been made and the notes on geographic distribution arranged by Mr. H. C. Skeels, under the supervision of Mr. Frederick V. Coville, of the Office of Taxonomic and Range Investigations. The general super- vision of this inventory, as of all the publications of this office, has been in the hands of Mr. Stephen C. Stuntz. Davip FAarIrRcHILp, Agricultural Explorer in Charge. OFFICE OF FoREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION, Washington, D. C., February 19, 1912. 248 EN NOE NT OY. 31371. XANTHOSOMA sp. Yautia. From Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic. Procured by Mr. Frederick L. Lewton, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received July 1, 1911. “These tubers were obtained by Mr. Lewton on the market under the name of yautia. They are oblong in form, one specimen being 6 inches in length and 2} inches in greatest diameter, with a weight of 10 ounces. The sprouts are pink or reddish. The flesh is white and nonacrid; when cooked it becomes slightly purplish and is moderately firm. The flavor is rather inferior.”” (R. A. Young.) 313872. XANTHOSOMA sp. Yautia. From Port au Prince, Haiti. Procured by Mr. Frederick L. Lewton, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received July 1, 1911. “The tubers of this variety were obtained on the market under the name of Malanga by Mr. Lewton. They are roundish in general form, some specimens being about 24 by 3 inches in size and weighing 5 to 6 ounces. The sprouts are reddish in color. The flesh is acrid when raw, but the acridity is destroyed by boiling for 35 or 40 minutes. The flesh is very firm when cooked and is of fair flavor.’? (R.A. Young.) 31373. IpoMoEA BATATAS L. Sweet potato. From Broadwood, New Zealand. Presented by Mr. George Harris, at the request of Mr. T. W. Adams. Received at the Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, Cal., June 28, 1911. “¢ Kumaras.’’ 31874. INOCARPUS EDULIS Forst. Tahiti-chestnut. From Tahiti, Society Islands. Procured by Mr. North Winship, American consul. Received July 1, 1911. ‘‘O’Tahiti-chestnuts come from what is considered the best tree on this island. The nut should be planted about 4 or 5 inches deep, good loamy soil preferred, in the place where the tree is desired. It is of slow growth, but makes a beautiful tree, growing to great size and yielding abundantly. Keep the seed and the young plant damp, but not wet.” (Winship.) “These seeds are much prized by the natives as food, being eaten boiled or roasted. They are said to be less palatable than the chestnut.”’ (Fairchild.) 31375 and 31376. PERSEA AMERICANA Miller. Avocado. From San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Wercklé. Received July 3, 1911. Seeds of the following: 31375. ‘Broad oval.’’ 31376. ‘Long, but without neck or stem.” ‘These are seeds of large, very thick-fleshed and very good varieties. They are about the best that come to the market. Plain green.’’ (Wercklé.) 248 11 12 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 31377. ENTELEA ARBORESCENS R. Br. Whau. From Tauranga, New Zealand. Presented by the Tauranga Fruit-Testing Sta- tion, Department of Agriculture, New Zealand. Received July 3, 1911. See No. 30833 for description. 31378. ARTOCARPUS COMMUNIS Forst. Breadfruit. From Tahiti, Society Islands. Presented by Mr. North Winship, American consul. Received at the Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, Cal., June 22, 1911. Forwarded to Washington, D. C., and received June 27, 1911. Num- bered July 6, 1911. ‘These cuttings should be planted in loamy soil, the top of the stalk being closed — to prevent insects from entering, and the plant should be protected from the midday sun until it shows signs of life. This is a very fine variety of the Tahiti breadfruit, being about the size of a grapefruit and without seed.’”’ (Winship.) ° 31379 and 31380. MaNnGiFrEeRA INDICA L. Mango. From Tahiti, Society Islands. Procured by Mr. North Winship, American consul. Received at the Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, Cal., June 22, 1911. Numbered July 6, 1911. Plants of the following; quoted notes by Mr. Winship: 831379. ‘Superba Hook. This gives a fine large fruit, heavy and almost round; its color is yellowish golden.”’ 31380. ‘‘Altissima Blanco. This is practically the same as the preceding, possibly longer and more pointed at the bottom; its color is pink or red, sometimes with a violet hue.”’ ‘Both of these fruits are less fibrous than the other mangos found here, and are very luscious. These trees begin to bear with the commencement of the rainy season. It is thought that both of these varieties came originally from India.”’ These two were sent in as Mangifera superba and M. altissima, respectively, though they are now considered merely as forms of M. indica. 31381. PERSEA AMERICANA Miller. | Avocado. Secured on the market at Laredo, Tex., by Dr. David Griffiths, of the Bureau of Plant Industry, June, 1911. Received July 5, 1911. ‘*A Mexican avocado, the only one of the kind found. Brownish black in color. The outer skin hard, rather brittle, and easily peeled off from the edible flesh. Flavor good, flesh firm.” (Griffiths.) 31383. RoLLINIA sp. From Piracicaba, Brazil. Presented by Mr. Clinton D. Smith, Fazenda Modelo do Estado de Sao Paulo. Received July 7, 1911. ‘“‘Variety Cabeca de Negro. The natives call this fruit araticu.” (Smith.) 31384 to 31388. From the vicinity of Chungking, China. Presented by Mr. Albert W. Pontius, American consul. Received June 27, 1911. . Seeds of the following; quoted notes by Mr. Pontius: 31384. HorpEuM VULGARE L. Barley. Bearded. 31385. HorDEUM VULGARE Var. Barley. ‘“‘ Black. Considered superior. Not raised extensively.” 248 JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1911. 19 31384 to 31388—Continued. 31386. HorRDEUM VULGARE var. Barley. Beardless. ‘fAll three of these varieties are planted in the beginning of November, the crop ripening in early May following. They are chiefly used in the manu- facture of wine spirits, very little being used as human or animal food.” 31387. Brassica napus L. Rape. “Black. This variety grows to a height of about 3 feet and ripens in April or May. The oil obtained from the seed is dark in color.” 31388. Brassica JUNCEA (L.) Cass. ‘Yellow. This variety grows to a height of about 5 feet and ripens in April or May. The oil extracted from the seed is of a light color.” 31389 and 31390. Froa sELLowIANA Berg. From California. Presented by Mr. H. Hehre, Los Angeles, Cal., who procured them from the garden of Mrs. Ingraham. Received November, 1910. Num- bered for convenience in recording distribution July 10, 1911. Plants grown from seed received on the foregoing date: 31389. ‘‘Variety Hehrei. This large, long fruit was originated by me years: ago by selection and crossbreeding. It gets to be 3 inches in length by 2 inches in diameter, has smooth skin, and is of good flavor.” (Hehre.) 31390. A short, round variety. See Nos. 26120 and 26121 for general notes on this fruit. 31391. Pinus ELDARICA Medw. Pine. From Tiflis, Caucasus, Russia. Presented by Mr. A. Rolloff, director, Botanic Garden. Received July 10, 1911. Distribution.—On the rocky slopes of the valleys of the streams in the dry, central region of the Trans-Caucasian provinces of southeastern Russia. $1392. ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE IL. Cashew. From Maulmain, Lower Burma, India. Procured from the Deputy Commis- sioner at Maulmain, by Mr. M. K. Moorhead, American consul, Rangoon, Burma, at the request of the consul general at Calcutta. Received July 10, 1911. ‘‘Cashew nuts are the kidney-shaped nuts of the Anacardium occidentale, known in Burmese as Thiho-thayet-st (seeds of the Thio-thayet, ‘Ceylon mango’). The tree, of which there is only one variety in Burma, was originally introduced from Brazil, where it is known as Acaju (hence the Portuguese Cajew and the English Cashew). It is planted commonly on roadsides and in fruit gardens in Maulmain, Amherst district, and in Tavoy and Mergui districts. It has run wild in the sandy coast forests of western India, chiefly on the borders of the backwaters of Travancore. It is propagated in India and Burma by sowing the nuts and not yet by grafting or other methods, though these admit of being applied to it.” (Mr. J. Mackenna, Director of Agriculture, Burma.) 31393. CEIBA PENTANDRA (l.) Gaertner. Kapok. From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the Director of Agriculture. Received July 11, 1911. ‘A high tree, 20 to 30 meters [65 to 100 ft.], with spreading horizontal branches. The cotton covering the seeds is used in making bedsand pillows. The wood is white and soft, but in Porto Rico is considered desirable for minor building purposes, such 248 14 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. as inside partitions. The leaves are palmately divided, like those of the horse-chest- nut, and it is sometimes called the ‘five leaves silk cotton’ to distinguish it from Ochroma and others which produce a silky fiber. The trunks of young trees of this species are beset with large, conical spines, but in age these fall away and are to be found only on the branches. The trunk is further transformed by the growth of prominent wings or buttresses, sometimes 2 feet (0.6 meter) wide, while but a few inches thick. In west Africa, where this tree is larger and more luxuriant, pieces of these supporting wings are sawed out and used as doors of native houses. The fiber surrounding the seeds of this and related species is the ‘Kapok’ of commerce, and is exported in considerable quantities from the west coast of Africa.” (Cook and Collins. Economic Plants of Porto Rico, 1903, p. 111.) ‘“ *Kapok’ has come into use very largely in certain European countries in recent years, notably in Germany and Holland, as a material for stuffing cushions, pillows, chairs, bedding, and similar articles. For such purposes its nonhygroscopic character and its softness and resiliency render it peculiarly suitable. It is also stated to be less absorbent and less liable to harbor insect parasites than the materials generally employed in upholstery, and, according to the authorities of the Pasteur Institute in Paris, it can be sterilized by heat at least three times without being seriously damaged, whereas feathers and other upholstery materials do not usually survive this treatment more than twice.’’ (Indian Vegetable Flosses or ‘‘Silk Cottons.’’ Bulletin of the Imperial Institute, vol. 3, 1905, p. 223.) Distribution.—A tall tree found in the forests throughout the warmer parts of India and Ceylon; also in tropical Africa, the West Indies, and South America. 31394. CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA (L. f.) D. Don. From Yokohama, Japan. Purchased from the Yokohama Nursery Co. Received July 8, 1911. See No. 2922 for description. 31395 and 31396. From Foochow, China. Presented by Mr. T. M. Wilkinson. Received July 5, POU. Seeds of the following; quoted notes by Mr. Wilkinson: 31395. MeEpIcaAco LUPULINA L. Black medick. ‘‘A clover with low-growing stems, inclined to lie along the ground and take root at joints. Starts in new places like white clover. Leaf about the size of white clover. Blossom yellow; seed grows on stem something like alfalfa instead of in head like red or white clover. It may be well to experiment with it carefully, for if it is not found to be of value as a forage or pasture plant it may prove to be as much of a pest as the sweet clover is in some of the States.”’ 813896. Trirmcum AEsTiIvum L. Wheat. ‘“‘This is planted here the last of November and December; it grows during the rainy season and ripens during the humid spring season. Seems to be rust- proof and does not blight easily. Straw quite stiff and strong. May prove to be a valuable variety of winter wheat for the Southern States.” 31397. CAPSICUM sp. Red pepper. From Paraguay. Presented by Mr. C. F. Mead, Villa Encarnacion. Received ‘July 12, 1911. ‘Called in Guarany Kucti. A very small and very strong pepper, a good rival for, if not stronger than, the tabasco pepper. Found growing wild in the mountains of Paraguay, but I know nothing of the plant or habit of its growth, as the seeds were procured for me by Indians near the yerbales of Alta Parana.” ( Mead.) 248 JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1911. 15 , 31398 to 31400. NicoTIANA TABACUM L. Tobacco. From the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico. Presented by Mr. Lewis W. Haskell, American consul, Salina Cruz, Mexico. Received July 12, 1911. Seeds of the following; quoted notes by Mr. Haskell: 31398. ‘‘I am told that this sample will show three classes: ‘““(1) Criollo, which grows 3 feet or more in height, with about 30 leaves to the flower. From 20 to 24 would be left after topping. Length of leaf 40 to 60 centimeters and a proportionate width, coming to a point. Coarse vein, dark color, and poor quality. **(2) Criollo, which grows about the same size and shape as the above butof a great deal finer quality. Small vein, fine leaf, light weight. Color, colorado or colorado maduro. This is the class largely used in Valle Nacional and San Andres Tuxtla and is much esteemed for its size of leaf and its softness or fine- ness. It is mixed with the first mentioned to ‘add weight.’ **(3) Cubano or Habanero, which grows somewhat larger than the above, but the leaves are more widely separated and there are but from 14 to 18 left at topping. Leaves almost round; color colorado claro or claro. Is of very fine texture and light weight.”’ 31399. ‘‘This came from Acayucan and is the ordinary kind raised there. Acayucan is located on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and is in the State of Vera Cruz.”’ 31400. “‘As to this variety, the natives hereabouts do not distinguish, so all I can say for it is that it is tobacco seed. It comes from the vicinity of Modias Aguas on the Tehuantepec National Railway, which is situated on the Gulf slope of the Isthmus. No tobacco is grown on this, the Salina Cruz side of the Isthmus.”’ ; 31401. AcANTHOSICYOS HORRIDA Welw. Narras. From Walfisch Bay, Africa. Presented by Mr. Richard Hérnig, Farm Sachsen, Tsumeb, German Southwest Africa. Received July 8, 1911. ‘A plant belonging to the same family as the squash, which it somewhat resembles. It is an important dune former, and continues to grow with the increasing height of the dune, so that its younger shoots remain at the surface, forming a dense, thorny shrub, while the root system penetrates to a considerable depth, tapping the under- ground water and securing such a supply that drops exude and fall from the cut ends of assimilating stems. 5 ‘‘Old stems buried in the accumulating sand become as stout as one’s arm and ensheathed in a thick layer of corrugated cork, obviously serving in part as water storers. The plant is unisexual and each dune apparently contains a single individual, for the two sexes are never found together. ‘Flowering commences in November and by the middle of February the female plants produce ripe fruits, which are borne in great profusion, and for about four months in the year render the Hottentots independent of other sources of food and, to a large extent, of water also. The fruits are spheroidal in shape and about 9 inches in diameter. The juicy yellow flesh is much relished by the natives, who consume large quantities of it while fresh and lay by a store for winter use in the form of hard, flat cakes obtained by evaporation. Its food value is attested by their fat and sleek appearance during the narras season. “The faculty of enjoying the juice evidently has to be acquired, for it has a sweet, sickly flavor and contains an acid principle very irritating to the tongue and palate of those unaccustomed to it; it is said that at the end of the narras season the lips of even the habitual consumers are swollen and inflamed. The seeds, which somewhat 248 16 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. resemble those of the squash, are very nutritious and were formerly exported to Cape Town under the name of ‘butternuts,’ where they found a market among the ay ak population and were also used by Europeans as a substitute for sweet almonds.’ (Pearson, Notes on a Journey from Walfish Bay to Windhuk, Kew Bulletin of Miscella- neous Information, No. 9, 1907, p. 342, figs. 1 and 2.) Distribution.—In the desert regions near the west coast of Africa from the vicinity of Mossamedes southward to Namaqualand. 31402. CANNA sp. Canna. From the forests around El] Boquete, Chiriqui, Panama, at an altitude of 3,250 to 4,250 feet. Presented by Mr. H. Pittier, collector, Smithsonian Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone. Received July 13, 1911. 31403. NicoTIANA TABACUM L. Tobacco. From Jocoto, Guatemala. Presented by Mrs. Lucie Potts, Livingston, Guate- mala. Received July 12, 1911. 31404. CASTANEA CRENATA Sieb. and Zucc. Chestnut. From Japan. Procured by Mr. Thomas Sammons, American consul general, Yokohama, Japan, who secured them through the Agricultural Experimental Farm at Aomori, Mr. H. Iwaya, of the village of Shinjomura, Higashitsuruga- Gori, near Aomori, having gathered the same by special request. Received December 27, 1910. Numbered for convenience in recording distribution July 14, 1911. Aomort. 31405. CRYPTOCARYA RUBRA (Mol.) Skeels. Peumo. From the province of Valparaiso, Chile. Received through Mr. José D. Hus- bands, Limavida, via Molina, Chile. Received June 22, 1911. See Nos. 23897, 24310, and 27904 to 27924 for previous introductions. 31406 to 31409. Cirrus spp. From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by Mr. H. Wigman, jr., assistant director, Botanical Garden. Received July 10, 1911. Seeds of the following; native names quoted: 31406. Cirrus sp. ** Dieroek tyina konde.”’ 31407. Cirrus DECUMANA (L.) Murr. Pomelo. ** Dieroek delima.”’ 81408. Cirrus DEcUMANA (L.) Murr. Pomeio. ““Dyeroek pandan.”’ 31409. Crrrus nosis Lour. 31410. CaASTILLA ELASTICA Cerv. Central American rubber. From Tula, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Presented by Mr. A. D. Patchen. Received July 15, 1911. Introduced in order to encourage the growing of the various rubber trees in Porto Rico, Hawaii, and the Canal Zone. 248 ; JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1911. lye | 31411 to 31464. SoLANUM TUBEROSUM I. Potato. From Chile. Received through Mr. José D. Husbands, Limavida, via Molina, Chile, June 22, 1911. Tubers. | 31465. Merpicaco HISPIDA APICULATA (Willd.) Urban. From Jeolikote, United Provinces, Jndia. Presented by Mr. Norman Gill, superintendent, Kumaon Government Gardens, Douglas Dale, at the request of Rev. N. L. Rockey, Gonda, United Provinces. Received July 14, 1911. 31466. CHRYSANTHEMUM CINERARIAEFOLIUM (Trev.) Vis. Chrysanthemum. From Erfurt, Germany. Purchased from Haage & Schmidt. Received July iO. 1911: Introduced for the work of the Office of Drug-Plant Investigations in growing in the United States the various species of this genus which produce the pyrethrum jnsect powder. | 31467. MerpIcAGo SATIVA IL. Alfalfa. From Quetta, India. Secured by Mr. F. Booth Tucker, Salvation Army, Simla, India, from Mr. G. H. Frost, subconductor, Military Farm, Quetta. Received July 10, 1911. ; 31468. MavuRITIA SETIGERA Griseb. and Wendi. Morichy. From La Brea, Trinidad, British West Indies. Presented by Mr. H. Caracciolo, St. Joseph Nurseries. Received July 19, 1911. “A handsome palm growing about the asphalt beds of La Brea. The seeds ripen in May and could readily be gathered, as the palm is abundant locally.’”’ (Oglesby Paul.) See No. 31326 for distribution of this species. 31469. Ficus psEupo-cARICcA Miquel. Fig. From Eritrea, East Africa. Presented by Prof. T. Batorate, director, Colonial Agricultural Experiment Station, Asmara, through Mr. Walter T. Swingle. Received July 19, 1911. “A native fig introduced for use in the fig-breeding work of the Office of Crop Physi- ology and Breeding Investigations. This species occurs commonly in a wild state in Eritrea and Abyssinia and bears small but edible fruits. We already have it in California and it promises to be important in supplying early Blastophaga with pollen to caprify the spring crop of figs.”” (W. T. Swingle.) 31470 to 31473. From Honduras. Presented by Dr. R. Fritzgartner, Tegucigalpa. Received July 19, 1911. Seeds of the following; quoted notes by Dr. Fritzeartner: 31470. CASIMIROA SAPOTA Oerst. Matasano, cor white sapote. 31471 to 31473. Nicotiana TABACUM L. Tobacco. 31471. “From Chimbo, 3,900 feet altitude.”’ 31472. “From Santa Lucia, 4,800 feet altitude.’’ 31473. “From Aurora, 5,600 feet altitude.”’ 36592°—Bull. 248—12——2 18 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 31474 and 31475. NicoTrana TaBAcum L. Tobacco. From Cuba. Presented by Dr. E. F. Cabada, Cienfuegos. Received July 21, 1911. Seeds of the following: 31474. “ Vuelta Abajo.’’ From the district immediately west of the city of Pinar del Rio, province of the same name. 31475. “ Remedios.’’ From the district surrounding the town of this name, province of Santa Clara. 31476. BRASSICA OLERACEA CAPITATA IL. Cabbage. From China. Brought in by Mr. G. Weidman Groff, of the Canton Christian College, July 22, 1911. “Wong nga paak. An excellent Chinese cabbage with very long head, and when bleached like celery, of excellent flavor.’’ (Groff.) 31477.- MANGIFERA INDICA L. Mango. From Piracicaba, Brazil. Presented by Mr. Clinton D. Smith, Escola Agricola Practica, Luiz de Queiroz. Received July 26, 1911. “Grafts from our best tree. This variety is the Espada and is less stringy than the others, also has a larger proportion of pulp to pit.”’ (Smith.) 31478 to 31481. From San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. C. Wercklé. Received July 17, 1911. Seeds of the following: 31478. PERSEA AMERICANA Miller. Avocado. “Palta No.1. Fruit large (390 grams [133 oz.]), intense green, shortly pyri- form-obovate; thick meat; highest quality. Weight of seed and skin 130 grams [44 oz.]; meat alone 260 grams [9 oz.]._ From Esparta, 300 to 600 feet above sea level.’? (Wercklé.) 31479 and 31480. LucuMa spp. Sapote. 31479. ‘Seed received asa very fine variety. I did notsee the fruit, but know that it is very good. It is long and large despite the small seed; gray in color.’’ (Wercklé.) 31480. “A splendid long sapote. Weighed about 1 pound; peculiar shape; very highly prized.”’ (Wercklé.) “A tree 30 to 40 feet high, with fulvous or gray branches, and long obovate leaves. The cream-colored silky flowers are borne in clusters on the stem. Fruit about 6 inches long, with reddish pulp, containing one or more polished seeds. The pulp is sweet and resembles in taste a luscious pear. It is made into a marmalade, which is said to be not unlike good apple preserve.’’ (Macmillan, Handbook of Tropical Gar- dening, p. 152.) $1481. PrRSEA AMERICANA Miller. Avocado. $1482. PHyTotacca prioica L. Ombit. From Buenos Aires, Argentina. Presented by Mr. Joseph E. Wing, agent of the Tariff Board. Received July 26, 1911. ‘This tree does not withstand much frost. It is the common tree of the plains of Argentina and is seen making a dense green mound of verdure in the very dry soils, green during the worst droughts. I have seen them fully 12 feet in diameter; they 248 JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1911. 19 make extraordinarily rapid growth, and when cut down, immediately spring into life again, but do not sucker, the growth coming from the trunk. It isa tree much prized for growing near the home of the colonist or estanciero of the plains of Argentina.”’ (Wing.) 31483. LIinuM USITATISSIMUM IL. Flax. From Hoshungabad, Central Provinces, British India. Presented by Mr. A. Howard, Quetta, British India, at the request of Mr. J. D. Shanahan, formerly of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received July 26, 1911. ‘“As regards the oil-yielding capacity of this variety, I understand it is better than the country linseed, but I believe the yield of seed is less. It may, however, be of use in breeding. It is white seeded.’’ (Howard.) This form was secured at the request of this Office, as it is reported that the Indian white-seeded variety yields 2 per cent more oil than the ordinary dark linseed. 31484. FEVILLEA CORDIFOLIA L. Cabalonga. From Costa Rica. Brought in by Mr. José C. Zeledon, San Jose, Costa Rica, July 22, 1911. ‘“A vine suitable for covering trellises in hot countries, bears a fruit the size of an orange, is an antidote for snake bites, and would grow in Florida.’’ (Zeledon.) “The sequa or cacoon antidote of Jamaica, where it is a common plant in shady woods, climbing to a great height up the trunks of trees. The fruits are 4 to 5 inches in diameter and contain from 12 to 15 large flat seeds which possess purgative and emetic properties and have an intensely bitter taste. In Jamaica the negroes employ them as a remedy in a variety of diseases and consider them to be an antidote against the effects of poison. They also obtain a large quantity of semisolid fatty oil, which is liberated by pressing and boiling them in water.’’ (Lindley, Treasury of Botany, pp. 490-491.) . Distribution.—The West Indian islands and in northern South America, extending from Colombia and Peru southward to Chile. 31485 to 31487. Eritosorrys sAPonica (Thunb.) Lindl. Loquat. From Rome, Italy. Presented by Mr. G. Eisen, San Francisco, Cal. Received July 27, 1911. Seeds of the following; quoted notes by Mr. Hisen: 31485. ‘Fruit large, yellow, 24 inches in diameter.”’ 31486. ‘Fruit large, orange, 24 inches in diameter.”’ 31487. ‘Fruit pear shaped, 2 inches in diameter.’’ 31488. DrosPpyRoS PEREGRINA (Gaertn.) Gurke. From Sibpur, near Calcutta, India. Presented by Maj. A. T. Gage, superinten- dent, Royal Botanic Garden, Sibpur. Received July 24, 1911. ‘““A dense evergreen tree found throughout the greater part of India in shady, wet places and near streams. It is frequently cultivated both for ornament and for its large, red, velvety fruits. The fruit is beaten in a large mortar and the juice expressed. This is boiled, mixed with powdered charcoal, and applied once a year to the outside of the planks of boats. The half-ripe fruits are pounded in a mortar and then kept six or seven days in water until they have decomposed. A gummy solution results, which is poured off. This brownish liquid is used in dyeing and tanning.”’ (Watt, Commer- cial Products of India, p. 498.) 248 20 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 31489 to 31509. From New Zealand. Presented by Mr. A. H. Cockayne, biologist, Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists, Wellington, New Zealand. Received July 27s Loa ‘“These seeds were collected primarily in connection with the regrassing of denuded areas.’’ (Cockayne.) 381489. AGROPYRON SCABRUM (R. Br.) Beauv. Distribution.—Throughout the islands of New Zealand from sea level up to an elevation of 4,500 feet; also in Australia from Queensland to West Australia and Tasmania. 31490. AGRosTIS DYERI Petrie. ‘This usually constitutes a large proportion of the subalpine pastures in elevated districts in both islands.’ (Cheeseman, Manual of the New Zealand Flora, 1906, p. 865.) | Distribution.—Mountainous districts at an elevation of 1,000 to 5,000 feet in the islands of New Zealand. 31491. AGROSTIS sp. The seeds of this grass were received under the name Agrostis tenella, which was given to the species in 1889 by Petrie (Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, vol. 22, p.442). However, in 1800, Hoffmann (Deutschlands Flora, ed. 2, vol. 1, p. 36) had published the name Agrostis tenella for a German form of Agrostis alba, thus invalidating the use of the same name for the New Zealand grass. As this species has apparently never been given any other name, it seems best to list the material at hand as Agrostis sp. 81492. Triopia PumIvA (Kirk) Hackel. Distribution.—Mountainous districts of South Island in New Zealand at an altitude of 2,000 to 5,000 feet. 31493. DANTHONIA BUCHANANI Hook. f. , Distribution.—In the lake region of the South Island of New Zealand. 31494. DANTHONIA CUNNINGHAMII Hook. f. Distribution.—A handsome grass, often 5 feet high, growing in the islands of New Zealand, ascending to an elevation of 3,500 feet. 31495. DanrHonrta NuDA Hook. f. Distribution.—On the mountain slopes near the eastern coast of North Island, and in dry places among the mountains on the South Island of New Zealand. 31496. DANTHONIA PILOSA R. Brown. Distribution.—The provinces of West Australia, Queensland, and New South Wales in Australia, and in Tasmania and the islands of New Zealand. 31497. DaANTHONIA RIGIDA Raoul. Distribution. —Abundant in hilly and mountainous districts up to an eleva- tion of 5,000 feet in the islands of New Zealand. 31498. CaLAMAGROSTIS yvouNGI (Hook. f.) Skeels. (Agrostis youngit Hook. f. 1867, Handbook of the New Zealand Flora, p. 330.) (Deyeuxia youngu Buchanan 1880. Manual of the Indigenous Grasses of New Zealand, p. vi.) The seeds of this New Zealand pasture grass were received under the name Deyeuxia youngit. As Deyeuxia is not considered to be distinct from Calama- erostis and as this species is more closely related to the type of Calamagrostis than to the type of Agrostis, it is here placed in the former genus. 248 / JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1911. 21 31489 to 31509—Continued. 31498—Continued. Calamagrostis youngu was first found on dry hillsides at the source of the Waitaki River in the interior of the South Island of New Zealand, and Buchanan remarks regarding it: ‘“‘In the district between the Clutha and Matamura rivers, Otaga, this grass is abundant and is much eaten by stock.’’ (Manual of Indigenous Grasses of New Zealand, p. 61.) 31499. Festuca ovina L. 81500. Festuca RuBRA L. 31501. SavasTANna FRASER! (Hook. f.) Skeels. (Hierochloe frasert Hook. £. 1844-45, Flora Antarctica, vol. 1, p. 93.) The seeds of this grass were received from New Zealand under the name HMierochloe fraseri. The generic name Hierochloe was published by R. Brown (Prodromus, p. 208) in 1810, with one species H. antarctica. In 1789, however, Schrank (Baiersche Flora, vol. 1, pp. 100, 337) had established the genus Savas- tana, with one species, S. hirta. This is universally considered to be congeneric with Mierochloe antarctica R. Brown. Savastana being the older name for the genus, our species is placed here in accordance with present rules of botanical nomenclature. Savastana fraseri was first found on the slopes of the mountains in Tasmania, and also grows in the mountainous districts of the islands of New Zealand. 31502. KogrLeria KURTZ Hackel. Distribution.—Abundant throughout the South Island of New Zealand, and also found in Argentina in South America. 31503. Poa AUSTRALIS R. Br. The seeds of this grass were received from New Zealand under the name Poa caespitosa, which was first used by Forster (Prodromus, p. 89) in 1786, but was not described. The first description of the species seems to be by Sprengel (Mantissa Prima Florae Halensis, p. 33) in 1807, who published the name Poa caespitosa and referred to Forster’s Prodromus. However, in 1804, Poiret (Encyclopédie Méthodique Botanique, vol. 5, p. 73) had published the name Poa caespitosa for a grass now considered to be Poa nemoralis L. This invalidates the use of the name Poa caespitosa by Sprengel in 1807. The next name applied to this species is Poa australis, published in 1810 by R. Brown (Prodromus, p. 179), the name here used. “The most abundant grass through wide districts in the South Island, also plentiful in the elevated central portions of the North Island. Unfortunately it is not relished by stock and is seldom eaten, save in the absence of better food. Also in Australia and Tasmania.’’ (Cheeseman, Manual of the New Zealand Flora, 1906, p. 908.) 31504. Poa cotEeNnsotr Hook. f. “This is one of the most important of the indigenous pasture grasses. It is eaten by all kinds of stock, and is a specially valuable sheep grass in mountain districts.’’ (Cheeseman, Manual of the New Zealand Flora, 1906, p. 909.) Disiribution.—Mountain slopes and dry elevated plains rising to an elevation of 7,000 feet, in the islands of New Zealand. 31505. Poa xirxu Buchanan. “This is a valuable grass for all kinds of stock in cool, elevated localities, and is well worth cultivation.”’ (Cheeseman, Manual of the New Zealand Flora, 1906p. 910.) Distribution —A variable grass, abundant on the subalpine plains and mountain slopes of the islands of New Zealand. 248 29, SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 31489 to 31509—Continued. 31506. Poa maAnioroTo Petrie. Distribution.—In the dry plains and broad river basins of the interior of South Island in New Zealand. 31507. Poa sp. 31508. Trriopra pumita (Kirk) Hackel. 31509. TriseTuM ANTARCTICUM (Forst.) Trin. Distribution.—Throughout the islands of New Zealand from sea level up toan elevation of 4,500 feet. 31510. JiYCOPERSICON sp. Tomato. From Matachin, Chagres River, Canal Zone. Presented by Mr. 8. P. Verner. Received July 27, 1911. “‘A native tomato.”’ ( Verner.) 31511 to 31536. Matus sytvestris Miller. Apple. From New Zealand. Presented by Mr. W. C. Berridge, manager, Tauranga Experimental Farm, Fields and Experimental Farms Division, Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists. Received July 26, 1911. Cuttings of the following aphis-resistant or aphis-proof apples: ‘‘Most of the varieties have been proved to be proof against the ravages of the woolly aphis, but several have not yet been fully proved to be absolutely proof against it.’’ (Berridge.) 31511. Carlton. 31522. Lady Hopetown. 31512. Cliff’s seedling. 31523. Lord Wolseley. 31513. Coldstream Guards. 31524. Magg’s seedling. 31514. Diadem. ‘Not yet proved.”’ 31515. Early Richmond. 31516. Edward Lippiatt. 31525. Sharp’s late red. 31526. Taupaki. 31527. Willie Sharp. 31517. Carrington. 31528. Wm. Anderson. “Not yet proved.” 31529. Yarrabank. 31518. Golden Summer Pearmain 31530. Sharp’s Summer. + 31519. Irish Peach. 31531. Black Spy. “Not quite proof. An 31532. Commerce. early variety.”’ 31520. John Sharp. 381521. Jupp’s Surprise. 31534. Sharp's Midseason. “Not yet proved. 381535. Scarlet Queen. Early.”’ 31536. William H. E. Sharp. 31533. Mayflower. 315387 to 31547. SoLaNnuM TUBEROSUM IL. Potato. From Chile. Received through Mr. José D. Husbands, Lim4vida, via Molina, Chile, April 29, 1911. ‘“‘Tubers of yellow-fleshed potatoes of wild origin, all from the south along the foothills of the first range of the Cordilleras.’’ (Husbands.) 248 JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1911. 23 31548 to 31552. GLycINE HiIsPIDA (Moench) Maxim. Soy bean. From India. Presented by Mr. E. J. Woodhouse, Department of Agriculture, Sabour, Bengal, India. Received July 26, 1911. Seeds of the following: 31548. Chocolate variety. 31551. Nepali. 31549. Greenish yellow. 31552. Yellow. 31550. Black. 31553. CUPRESSUS GLABRA Sudworth. Cypress. From Verde River Canyon, Ariz. Presented by Mr. George B. Sudworth, Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Received July 29, 1911. “‘Found on the north slopes in moist, rather rich, rocky soil. Elevation of 3,000 to 3,500 feet.”” (Sudworth.) 31554. EUCALYPTUS PATENTINERVIS R. T. Baker. s. From Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Presented by Mr. R. T. Baker, curator, Technological Museum. Received July 31, 1911. ‘As the leaves of this tree exhale a pleasant odor it is recommended for park and street cultivation. The timber may be classed as a mahogany, being red, fairly hard, easily worked, and suitable for cabinet work.’’ (Baker.) Distribution.—A medium-sized tree found in the vicinity of Ballina in the north- eastern part of New South Wales, Australia. 31555. ASPARAGUS sp. Asparagus. From Canary Islands. Presented by Dr. George V. Perez, Puerto Orotava, Teneriffe, who procured them from the head gardener of the Puerto ese Botanic Garden. Received July 29, 1911. Introduced for the breeding experiments of Mr. J. B. Norton, Bureau of Plant Industry. 31556. Nypa FRUTICANS Wurmb. - | Nipa palm. From Manila, Philippine Islands. Received through Mr. ©. V. Piper, of the Bureau of Plant Industry, July 31, 1911. ‘This palm is abundant throughout the Malay region, growing especially in brack- ish marshes near the seashore. It often forms dense jungles, covering large areas, the leaves growing to a height of from 12 to 15 feet. The leaves are almost univer- sally employed for thatching houses, the leaflets being stitched together for this purpose. From the flower stalk the sap is collected by the natives and boiled to obtain the sugar. More commonly this sap is used to manufacture alcohol. is palm will probably be adapted to the coastal conditions in extreme southern Florida,’ (Piper.) Distribution.—From the Malay Peninsula and Ceylon through the Malay Archi- pelago to Australia. 31557. ARRACACIA: XANTHORRHIZA Bancr. Arracacha. From David, Republic of Panama. Presented by Mr. J. R. Lastra. Received July 28, 1911. ‘‘A perennial herb of the carrot family. It attains a height of 2 or 3 feet. It has divided leaves like the carrot, small umbels of purple flowers, and has large fleshy roots which form an important article of food in South America and Central America.’’ (Smith, Dictionary of Popular Names of Economic Plants, p. 95.) ‘Probably best adapted to cultivation in the Southern States, as it is slow in matur- ing. We.l worth the attention of amateurs.’ (Fairchild.) 248 24. SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 31558. ANANAS sp. Ivira. From Paraguay. Presented by Mr. Thomas R. Gwynn, Capilla Horqueta, Departmento de V. Concepcion, Paraguay. Received August 1, 1911. “T do not know about this being superior to anything in the United States, but I do know if you eat two or three of the crude fruits blood flows from the lips and the teeth are set on edge. Only those can understand who have eaten green apples or sour cherries. The fruit has just the same taste as the cultivated pineapple, is also the same shape, but very small. “The blade is narrower and the thorns shorter. The leaf is used for its fiber, pro- ducing ropes and clothing. Indeed, it is of great value. “It is a running plant, growing from the roots, piercing in its course almost any obstruction. It is produced from the root or else from the plants formed on top of the fruit, just exactly as the pineapple.”’ (Gwynn.) Seeds. 31559. STIPA TENACISSIMA Jusl. Esparto. From Paris, France. Purchased from Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. Received August 10, 1911. Distribution.—On the plains of the central and southern parts of Spain. Procured for Mr. Charles J. Brand’s experiments with plants for paper stock. 31560. Zea mays L. Corn. 9 From Buenos Aires, Argentina. Presented by Mr. Joseph E. Wing, of the United States Tariff Board. Received July 26, 1911. “T bought this Argentine maize in Buenos Aires. It may be quite useful in our | country in regions like western Nebraska or Colorado, since it matures here in a climate that will not mature our maize, owing to cold nights and drought.” (Wing.) 31561 and 31562. LycoPpERSICON spp. Tomato. From Peru. Presented by Dr. A. Weberbauer, German Legation, Lima, Peru. Received August 1, 1911. Seeds of the following; quoted notes by Dr. Weberbauer: 31561. “Plant small, half a meter [20 in.] high, a half.shrub with yellow flowers. Fruit as large as that of Sorbus aucuparia. Found above Lomas Harbor, at 1,000 to 1,100 meters [3,300 to 3,600 ft.]. Grows in a hot, almost rainless, entirely frost-free region in the dry bed of a stream which sometimes receives water from the rain falling in the higher mountains.”’ 31562. “A climbing shrub 3 meters [93 ft.] high, with yellow flowers. Fruit as large as that of Amygdalus persica; green. Grows in a lateral valley of the river Apurimac in the vicinity of Andahuaylas, at about 2,600 meters [8,500 ft.]. Climate warm, generally frost free. From November to April it rains freely; from May to October there is almost none. The plants, however, grow always on the banks; they live likewise on soils constantly moist, but not swampy.” 31563 to 31567. NicorTiaANna TABACUM L. Tobacco. From Mexico. Presented by Mr. George Young, secretary, Cananea Consoli- dated Copper Co., Cananea, Sonora, Mexico, who procured them from Juan Esteva & Son, Alvarado, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Received August 2, 1911. Seeds of the following; quoted notes by Esteva & Son: 31563. “ Tabaco de Monte.’’ 248 JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1911. 25 $1563 to 31567—Continued. 31564. “ Huimanguillo. This is grown in places rather warm, and its good quality as well as the peculiarity of being nicotinous, which, as you are aware, is an advantage in certain kinds of this weed and in the case of this plant is apt to be blended with other materials, is due, in our opinion,-to the richness of the soil in which it is cultivated. This plant soon robs the soil of its nourishment and at the end of a certain number of years requires renova- tion of the soil unless the same is properly fertilized.”’ 31565. “Ozumacin. This variety of tobacco is grown ina warm climate .and in a soil that is somewhat distant from the river bank, as it is claimed that tobacco grown at a short distance from the water has an acrid and bitterish taste.”’ 31566. ‘“Simojovel. This variety grows wild and the Indians follow the practice of cutting its leaves little by little, according to the condition of the plant.” 31567. “ Valle Nacional. This variety is grown in a temperate climate and the elasticity of its leaves on being wet is due to this fact, as is also the color of its leaves and their freedom from stain, although this generally depends on the care which is being taken at the time of cutting them; it is necessary to protect the plant from the sun after a shower has fallen, otherwise the leaves will be covered with yellow spots which we call ‘ pinta de agua’ (water- mark).”’ 31568 to 31570. (Undetermined.) From Chile. Received through Mr. José D. Husbands, Limavida, via Molina, Chile, April 29 and June 22, 1911. Bulbs of the following; quoted notes by Mr. Husbands: 31568. “(H.No.1150and1151.) A carmine-red. Blazing flowers of good size. Plant, dwarf; late; good.”’ 31569. ‘“(H.No. 993.) Crimson with white stripes; fall flowering. Grows in the baked clays of central Chile.”’ 31570. “(H. No. 991 and 992.) Crimson. Dwarf plant. Flowers in the summer. Thrives in dry sands or soils. From V. Antuco.”’ $1571. SyzyGrumM cuMINI (L.) Skeels. (Myrtus cumini L. 1753, Species Plantarum, p. 471.) (Eugenia jambolana Lam. 1789, Encyclopédie Méthodique Botanique, vol. 3, p. 198.) The seeds of this East Indian myrtaceous tree were received under the name Eugenia jambolana, which was given to the species by Lamarck in 1789. However, Lin- nus, in 1753, had given the name Myrtus cumini to a tree from Ceylon, and the specimen on which this name was based is preserved in the British Museum herbarium, and was identified in 1887 by H. Trimen (Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany, vol. 24, p. 142) as Eugenia jambolana Lam. ‘This species being now considered to belong to the genus Syzygium, the earlier specific name is here placed in that genus in accordance with present rules of botanical nomenclature. From Philippine Islands. Presented by Mr. C. V. Piper, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received July 26, 1911. ‘“Duhot or Lunaboy. A large tree, incommon cultivation. Ripe fruit black, oblong, nearly 1 inch long; stone large. Flavor when ripe like a Black Republican cherry; 248 26 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. when unripe is quite astringent. Fruit in clusters of 10 to 40. Near Manila the fruit ripens from May 15 to June 15.”’ (Piper.) Distribution.—Found throughout India and Ceylon and extends through the Malay Archipelago to Australia. It also occurs under cultivation in the West Indies. 31572 to 31576. From Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Wercklé, San Jose, Costa Rica. Received August 4, 1911. Cuttings of the following; quoted notes by Mr. Wercklé: 31572 and 31573. MAaANGIFERA INDICA L. Mango. » | 31572. ‘‘Gran cazique (Great Chief). Fruit very large; crimson and violet in color; few fibers; best quality; very fertile.” 31573. ‘‘Fruit very large and beautiful; carmine and violet in color; solid, few fibers, much meat; best quality; very fertile.”’ 31574 to 31576. ANNONA sp. Annona. ‘‘From San Francisco, Nicaragua. Fruit delicious. Trees bear the second year. These cuttings are from three differently shaped trees. No. 31574 is a seedling, and is considered the best.’’ 31577 to 31608. From Philippine Islands. Received through Mr. C. V. Piper, of the Bureau of Plant Industry, July 26, 1911. Seeds of the following; notes by Mr. Piper: 31577. Bryonopsis LAciniosa (L.) Naudin. ‘‘From Davao, May 14,1911. A slender, cucurbitaceous vine with pretty leaves. Perhaps of ornamental value. Fruits size and shape of a pecan, yellow.”’ Distribution.—Throughout the tropical regions of Africa, Asia, the Malay Archipelago, and Australia. 31578. CasJAN INDICUM Spreng. Pigeon-pea. ‘‘Purchased in the market at Jaro, Panay, May 3, 1911. The speckled seeds are probably hybrids between the black and the white.” 31579. CLERODENDRUM CUMINGIANUM Schauer. . ‘‘From La Carlota, Negros, May 1,1911. A luxuriant, herbaceous plant with large, velvety cordate leaves. Panicle purple, remaining so in age.”’ 31580. CLERODENDRUM INTERMEDIUM Chamisso. ‘“From La Carlota, Negros. A beautiful, luxuriant herb growing 6 to 10 feet tall, with large, opposite, cordate, somewhat dentate, leaves. Panicle large, scarlet, the calyx and peduncles remaining so for a long time. Should make a fine tropical annual plant.”’ Distribution.— Known only from the Philippines. 31581. CROTALARIA SALTIANA Andrews 1811. (Crotalaria striata Schrank 1828.) ‘From Iloilo, May 6, 1911. A half-shrubby bush, 3 to 6 feet high.” Distribution.—Throughout tropical and southern Africa and in tropical Asia and South America. 31582. GossyYPIuM sp. Kidney cotton. ‘‘A variety found on the island of Marinduque. A company testing it has 12 acres planted and has high hopes of it. Apparently a form of Gossypium braziliensis. Prof. Conner, of the Manila Bureau of Agriculture, says they have obtained the same sort from various islands of the Philippines.” 248 z JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1911. 2 31577 to 31608—Continued. 31583. GossYPIUM NANKING Meyen. Cotton. “From Argao, Cebu, April, 1911.’ 31584. Momorpica ovaTA Cogn. ‘“‘A peculiar cucurbit with subglobose, spiny fruits about the size of a lemon. Said to be used asa headache cure. Cultivated at Cagayan, Misamis; collected April 29, 1911.” Distribution —Found in the Philippine and Celebes Islands. 31585. OrmosIA CALAVENSIS Azaola. ‘*A locustlike tree from Siquijor, May, 1911.” Distribution —Known only from the Philippines. 31586. Paxnupia RHomMBOIDEA (Blanco) Prain. ‘“‘Balayong or Tindalo. A valuable timber tree. Seeds used for some medicinal purpose. ‘These were purchased in the market at Batangas, Luzon.” Distribution.—Known only from the Philippines. 31587. Cracca DICHOTOMA (Desv.) Kuntze. “Stems slender, suberect, 2 to 3 feet high. Seed habits excellent.”’ Distribution. Known only from the Philippines. 31588. TRICHOSANTHES QUINQUANGULATA A. Gray. ‘“‘A cucurbitaceous vine with beautiful, globose, smooth, red fruits as large as an orange. From San Miguel, Tarlac, June, 1911.” Distribution.— Known only from the Sulu Archipelago in the Philippines. 31589. MANIHOT ESCULENTA Crantz. Cassava. | ‘“‘A native variety grown at the Los Banos Agricultural College. Earliest variety found here, maturing in five months. Roots sweet. Presented by Dr. E. B. Copeland.”’ Distribution.—A herbaceous plant with tuberous roots found in a wild state in Brazil and generally cultivated in the Tropics. 31590. HertTerospaTHEe ELATA Scheff. Palm. “*A tall, graceful palm cultivated at Argao, Cebu. Leaves pinnate, recurved. Panicle large, drooping. Also seen wild near Cabadbaran, Mindanao.”’ Distribution.—An erect, unarmed palm, found in the Molukkas and the Philippines. 31591. ARUNDINELLA SETOSA Trin. “Tall, erect, not very leafy, grows 3 to 4 feet high, of about the habit of tall meadow oat-grass. Stock are apparently not fond of it. Seed habits good. From Baguio, April 10, 1911. Should be tested at Biloxi, Miss.; Chico, Cal.; and Arlineton Farm, Va.”’ _ Mstribution.—From the western Himalayas, where it reaches an elevation of 5,000 feet, southeastward through India and China to the Philippines. 81592. CANAVALI sp. ‘‘From the seashore of Davao, May 14, 1911.” 31593. CROTALARIA INCANA L. ‘“‘A bushy, half shrubby, annual (?) leeume forming plants 3 to 6 feet high and 2 to 4 feet across. Flowers yellow. Producing seeds in abundance. Manila, April, 1911.” Distribution.—Throughout the Tropics, either naturalized or cultivated; probably a native of the West Indies. 248 28 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 31577 to 31608—Continued. 31594. MerrIBOMIA HETEROCARPA (L.) Kuntze. ‘From Hinatuan, Surigao Province, Mindanao, May 13, 1911. Suberect, 3 to 4 feet high, very fruitful. ‘Perennial (?). Stems hard but not woody.” Distribution.—Southeastern Asia, extending from the Himalayas in northern India eastward through Burma and Malakka to China and Japan, and throughout the Malay and Polynesian archipelagoes to Australia. 31595. SyYNTHERISMA CILIARIS. (Retz.) Schrad. Crab-grass. ‘‘From La Carlota, Negros, May, 1911. Much larger than our common crab- grass but of same habit and value. To be tested at Biloxi, Miss., and Arlington Farm, Va.”’ 81596. CaprioLaA DACTYLON (L.) Kuntze. Bermuda grass. ‘From Lamao, June, 1911. A small crab-grass forming pure growths and becoming 12 to 18 inches high. 31597. ErRtocHLoA RAMOSA (Retz.) Kuntze. ‘From Alabang, May 28, 1911. A common grass in rather low ground. Stems slender, fairly erect. Seed shatters easily. Of value only as a pasture grass, provided it will spread.’’ Distribution.—The plains of India and generally distributed in the Tropics. 31598. Ecxrvocuioa corona (L.) Link. ‘From Lamao, June, 1911. This volunteers in cultivated fields like crab- grass. Cattle and carabao eat it readily.”’ 31599. Panicum pistacHyon L. ‘‘From Lamao, June, 1911. A grass forming great, loose mats 2 to 6 feet across. When growing thickly it becomes 18 inches high. Apparently of considerable value as a pasture grass, especially in sandy soil.’’ Distribution.—The plains of India and eastward to China and through the Malay Archipelago to Australia. 31600. Paspatum LonGiroLtiIum Roxb. ‘‘From San Miguel, Tarlac, May 30,1911. Pokhar Road. Received October 9, 1911. Cuttings of the following: 31946. Malda No. 1. 31949. Fazli No. 1. 31947. Malda No. 2. 31950. Fazli No. 3. 31948. Malda No. 3. 31951 and 31952. CytTisus PROLIFERUS L. f. Escobon. From Canary Islands. Presented by Dr. George V. Perez, Puerto Orotava, Teneriffe. Received October 9 and 11, 1911. Seeds of the following; quoted notes by Dr. Perez: 31951. Variety canariae. ‘This is the escobon of Grand Canary Island. It is an excellent fodder for goats and a sister plant of the tagasaste. I would suggest it being tried in the mountains of extreme southern California.” 31952. “A tall shrub that grows here at from 4,000 to 6,000 feet above the level of the sea. Sometimes it is spoken of as variety angustifolia. Goats eat it, but the tagasaste (No. 28827) is better, also the variety from Grand Canary Island (No. 31951). However, the Teneriffe escobon, which is, as it were, the type plant, has many uses. Cartwrights use it for wheels in preference to any other timber. Its height is 20 to 25 feet, and the diameter of the trunk iioot:” 261 : 11 12 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. $1953. SPATHODEA CAMPANULATA Beauv. From Java. Received through Dr. B. T. Galloway, Chief of the Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture, October 10, 1911. Distribution.—A tree bearing racemes of scarlet or crimson flowers, found in the countries along the western coast of Africa, from Sierra Leone southward to Angola in Portuguese West Africa. Cultivated as a street tree in Java. 31954 to 31956. Presented by Dr. F. Mader, Nice, Alpes Maritimes, France. Received October 5, 1911. t Seeds of the following; quoted notes by Dr. Mader: 31954. PRUNUS BRIGANTINA Villars. ‘‘Seed collected from a little group growing between the hazel (Corylus avellana) in the Miniera Valley, 1,200 meters [3,930 feet] above sea level, and with a climate like that of your Alleghenies. Of course, the species, found here up to 2,000 meters [6,560 feet], is very hardy, as the Barcelonnette Valley, where it especially abounds, has an almost Siberian climate, frequently —25° OC. (—13° F.) and lower in the winter, and up to 35° C. (95° F.) in thesummer. It is the true Briangon plum of French foresters, being now extensively planted in the high valleys, also on the Italian side, and has proved to be excellent for shelter- ing river banks, roadsides, stony ravines, or avalanche beds. The wood, which is very scarce, seems very much like that of Prunus (Cerasus) mahaleb. ‘The fruit is free from sweetness and nearly insipid, but would be suitable for mar- malades, etc. The seeds yield an oil used by poor mountaineers for cooking purposes, under the name ‘huile de marmotte.’ The species isnot uncommon |. in the high valleys of the dry western part of the Maritime and Cottian Alps, from the Var to Brian¢gon; in the more rainy eastern valleys it is much rarer, there being only scattered plants or little patches on shady rocks or other places.”’ 381955. Mepicaaco sativa L. Alfalfa. 31956. Mepicaco raucata L. 31957 to 31975. PELARGONIUM spp. Geranium. From Kew, England. Presented by Dr. David Prain, director, Royal Botanic Gardens. Received October 12, 1911. Cuttings of the following, procured for purposes of breeding with the varieties commonly cultivated, with a view to adding to their bedding qualities: 31957. PrELARGONIUM caAPpiTATUM (L.) L’Herit. Distribution.—A trailing, partly shrubby plant with rosy-purple flowers in dense heads, found in the vicinity of Table Mountain and on the flats around Cape Town, South Africa. 31958. PELARGONIUM QUERCIFOLIUM (L. f.) L’Herit. Distribution.—A. hairy, much-branched shrub, found in South Africa, and well known in cultivation as the ‘‘oak-leaf geranium.”’ 381959. PELARGONIUM VIOLAREUM Jacq. Distribution.—A diffuse shrub with the two upper petals dark red and the three lower ones white, growing on the slopes of the mountains in South Africa. 31960. PrLarGoNniIuM RAPACEUM (L.) Jacq. Distribution.—On dry stony mountain sides in the vicinity of Cape Town and in the Stellenbosch and Swellendam districts of South Africa. 261 OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1911. 13 31957 to 31975—Continued. 31961. PELARGONIUM TRICUSPIDATUM L’Herit. Apparently a hybrid of obscure origin. 31962. PELARGONIUM CORDIFOLIUM (Cav.) Curtis. Distribution.—A shrub found on the slopes of the mountains from the valley of the Olifant’s Vlei River southward to the Cape, in South Africa. 31963. X PELARGONIUM BLANDFORDIANUM (Andr.) Sweet. Apparently a garden hybrid of unknown origin. 31964. PELARGONIUM QUERCIFOLIUM (L. f.) L’Herit. Variety major. 31965. PELARGONIUM RADULA (Cav.) L’Herit. Variety major. Distribution.—A large, densely branched bush found on the mountain sides in the Tulbagh, Uitenhage, and Albany districts of South Africa. 31966. PELARGONIUM RADULA (Cav.) L’ Herit. 31967. PELARGONIUM UNIcoLoRUM V'illd. (?) These were received under the name Pelargonium unique aurora, which may be a varietal name, but the possibility of error between that name and wni- colorum is very suggestive. P. unicolorum is apparently a hybrid of garden origin. 31968. PELARGONIUM MALVAEFOLIUM Jacq. f. Distribution.—Described from cultivated plants and is probably a garden hybrid. 31969. PELARGONIUM cRISPUM (Bergius) L’ Herit. Distribution.—A slender shrub with strongly scented leaves found on shrubby mountain slopes in South Africa. 31970. PELARGONIUM DENTICULATUM Jacq. Variety major. Distribution.—A tall weak-stemmed plant found on the mountain slopes in the southern part of South Africa. 31971. PELARGONIUM VISCOSISSIMUM Sweet. Distribution.—Described from garden plants grown from seed received from the Cape. 31972. PELARGONIUM ZONALE (L.) L’Herit. Distribution.—A large shrub found on hillsides in the western districts of South Africa. 31973. PELARGONIUM BALBISIANUM Spin. Distribution.—Probably a garden hybrid. 31974. PELARGONIUM CORDIFOLIUM (Cav.) Curtis. 31975. PELARGONIUM GRANDIFLORUM Willd. _ Distribution.—A shrubby plant with leaves palmately lobed and coarsely toothed, bearing large white flowers, found in the vicinity of Giftberg, in South Africa. 31976. CoFFEA LIBERICA Bull. Coffee. From Liberia, West Africa. Presented by Mr. Henry O. Stewart, Monrovia, Liberia. Received October 14, 1911. Distribution.—Liberia and Sierra Leone in Upper Guinea and in the Angola district of Portuguese West Africa in Lower Guinea, on the west coast of tropical Africa. 261 14 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 31977. PHORMIUM TENAX Forst. New Zealand flax. From California. Presented by Mr. P. D. Barnhart, Los Angeles. Received October 9, 1911. Variegated variety. Seeds. 31978. ANNONA MURICATA L. Soursop. From Cuba. Presented by Mr. Robert L. Ludces, agricultural engineer, Cama- — guey, Cuba. Received October 9, 1911. ‘Seed of a wild variety little known even here in Cuba. It is a beautiful tree, growing as much as 30 feet high on the banks of streams and ponds. The fruit is more rounded in shape than the cultivated, and although acid in taste can be eaten. This I believe will make a good stock for Annona squamosa.” (Ludces.) 31979. MeErpDICAGO SATIVA VARIA (Mart.) Urban. Sand lucern. From Schoeningen, near Colbitzow, Pomerania, Prussia, Germany. Grown on the farm of Mr. Ernest Schlange. Presented by Mr. Joseph E. Wing, Mechan- icsburg, Ohio. Received October, 1911. “This wild yellow alfalfa was found growing on waste sandy ground near a field of cultivated lucern.” (Wing.) 31980. PETASITES LAEVIGATUS (Willd.) Reichenb. From near Sminogorsk, southwestern Siberia. Received through Mr. Frank N. Meyer, agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry, October 11, 1911. ‘““(No. 988.) An interesting hardy aquatic perennial, growing on the banks of swift-flowing, shallow streamlets, extending often for several yards in the water, but not occurring in places over 2 feet in depth. Of value as a decorative plant along watercourses in parks in the cooler sections of the United States.” ( Meyer.) Rhizomes. Distribution.—In Bohemia and the southwestern part of Siberia. os Eos aes oe” 31981. CrrRus sp. Sour citron. _ From Nagpur, Central Provinces, India. Procured by Mr. R. 8. Woglum, Bureau of Entomology, United States Department of Agriculture. Received October 14, 1911. ‘“‘Zamburi, sour citron. The chief stock used for budding in the Central Provinces, India. The fruit is sour ike a lemon, and has a yellow-covered rind. In appearance, color, taste, and character of flesh it is very similar to a California Eureka lemon allowed to overmature on the tree.” (Woglum.) Seeds. 31982. BryoPHYLLUM PINNATUM (L. f.) Kurz. From Paraguay. Presented by Mr. C. F. Mead, Villa Encarnacion, Paraguay. Received October 14, 1911. ‘This is called locally La Milagra (the miracle). A curiosity even for these parts. A low-growing shrub with waxlike leaves of which snails, etc., are very fond. Leaves dropping off from the plant reproduce themselves Peon the ates edges, or if you pin a leaf on a wall or other place it will start growing.” (Mead.) Distribution.—Probably a native of tropical Africa and generally cultivated through- out the Tropics. 261 OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1911. 15 381983. CASTILLA sp. | Central American rubber. From Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Wercklé, San Jose. Received October 20, 1911. Seeds. 361984. PERSEA AMERICANA Miller. Avocado. Presented by Mr. C. F. Mead, Villa Encarnacion, Paraguay. Received October 93, 1911. “* Abogado, otherwise called abagate, paqua pauta, abaji, aquacate, ahuaca, or alligator pear. Seeds from fruit found in the market at Buenos Aires. Fruit small, pear shaped,and dark red incolor. Sold in market under the name of ‘red Chilian abacate,’ or ‘red abacate from Chile.’” ( Mead.) 31985 to 31998. Iromora BATATAS (L.) Poir. Sweet potato. From Peru. Presented by Mr. Antonio Grafia, Huando, ae Peru. Re- ceived October 10, 1911. Tubers of the following; quoted notes by Mr. Grafia: ““These sweet potatoes bear different names by which they are known by the people of the country without indicating thereby any scientific classification. Neither are they grown as distinct varieties, as they are produced mixed together.” 31985. ‘“ Vapor. Produces in four months.” 31986. ‘ Huamino. Produces in five months.” 31987. ‘‘Cochino. Produces in six months.” 81988. ‘ Azaduradevaca. Produces in five months.” 81989. ‘Romero. Produces in five months.” 31990. ‘Supano blanco (white). Produces in five months.” 81991. ‘‘Supano prieto (black). Produces in five months.” 31992. ‘Papa. Produces in four months.” 31993. ‘‘Limefio. Produces in five months.” 31994. ‘Plaza. Produces in four months.” 31995. ‘ Nifio. Produces in five months.” 81996. ‘‘Cambraz. Produces in five months.” 31997. ‘ Tabardio. Produces in five months.” 381998. ‘‘Yemade huevo. Produces in five months.” 31999 to $2001. CROTALARIA spp. From Buitenzorg, Java. Sent in by the Java Department of Agriculture, at the request of Mr. C. V. Piper, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received October 5, sili: Seeds of the following; under trial at the Buitenzorg garden as green-manure crops and will be tested here for the same purpose. 31999. CROTALARIA ALATA Hamilton. Distribution.—From the mountains in the Province of Assam in northeastern India southeastward to Java. 32000. CROTALARIA LEIOLOBA Bartl. Distribution.—On the lower mountain slopes in northern India from Nepal to Assam, and eastward through the Malay Archipelago as far north as the Philip- pines. 32001. CROTALARIA SALTIANA Andrews. 261 16 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 32002 and 32003. From Guatemala. Presented by Mr. S. Billow, Guatemala, Central America. Received October 12, 1911. Seeds of the following; quoted notes by Mr. Billow: 32002. CEREUS sp. Pitaya. “This fruit is produced about 30 miles from Guatemala City, and I under- stand that it is closely allied to the cactus family. It is red colored and is very delicious. The blossom of the plant, as well as the fruit, is eaten.”’ 32003. PASSIFLORA LIGULARIS Juss. Passion fruit. “This is about the size of a large egg and the seeds are surrounded with a gelatinous substance. When ripe the seeds and this jellylike substance. are eaten; when green the whole fruit is stewed in sugared water and eaten, and the seeds and jelly substance are thrown away. It grows on a vine and is largely consumed.”’ 32004. PHYTOLACCA ACINOSA Roxb. From Yokohama, Japan. Purchased from the Yokohama Nursery Co. Received October 17, 1911. Variety kaempferi. Seeds. ‘ See No. 29133 for distribution of this species. 32005. SoLANUM HAEMATOCLADUM Dunal. From Brussels, Belgium. Obtained by Prof. William R. Lazenby, of the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Received October 18, 1911. ‘This is a vigorous growing, red-fruited species.’’ (Lazenby.) Distribution.—Not known except from Bolivia. 32006. Diocarpus LONGAN Loureiro. Longan. The seeds of this Chinese sapindaceous tree were received under the name Euphoria — longana, which was published by Lamarck (Encyclopédie Méthodique Botanique, vol. 3, p. 574) in 1791. The generic name Euphoria was used by Jussieu (Genera Plantarum, p. 247) in 1789, who characterized the genus and mentioned the plants known by the Chinese names litchi and longan as belonging to it. If the litchi is regarded as the type of the genus Euphoria, the name Euphoria becomes a synonym of Litchi, the generic name of the litchi tree. If the longan be regarded as the type species of Euphoria the name Euphoria can not be maintained because the longan had not at this time received a binomial name, and as Jussieu does not describe it nor give it a binomial name he can not be said, according to present rules of botanical nomenclature, to have published the generic name Euphoria. The first generic name published for the longan is Dimocarpus, published in 1790 by Loureiro (Flora Cochinchinensis, vol. 1, p. 233) and Loureiro’s name for this species is here used. From Kiayingchow, China. Presented by Mr. George Campbell. Received October 19, 1911. ‘“Seeds from some particularly large and fine fruit.’’ (Campbell.) The tree is handsome and may be used as a shade tree, also as a stock on which to bud the litchi. Distribution.—Found in India, where it is probably native, and eastward to China and through the Malay Archipelago. 261 OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1911. 127, 32008. OcImMUM VIRIDIFLORUM Roth. Mosquito plant. From Southern Nigeria, West Africa. Presented by Mr. W. H. Johnson, director, Agricultural Department, Ibadan, Southern Nigeria. Received October 20, Woke ‘“This is the West African mosquito plant. This plant is known locally to possess valuable qualities as an insectifuge, but I think its use is really not much practiced by the natives. The foliage is usually hung up in dwelling houses in the green state to keep away mosquitoes. The dried plant is also burned and the resulting smoke therefrom is considered to be useful for the same purpose.’”’ (J. W. Henderson, acting director.) Distribution.—A herbaceous perennial found along the western coast of Africa from Sierra Leone southward to Angola. 32009 to 32011. Hursiscus spp. From Gold Coast, West Africa. Presented by Mr. A. R. Gould, curator, Botanic Garden, Aburi. Received October 20, 1911. Seeds of the following; quoted notes by Mr. Gould: 32009. Hipiscus CANNABINUS L. Ambari. ‘White, large leafed.”’ Distribution.—Naturalized or cultivated throughout the Tropics; probably wild in India. 32010 and 82011. MHripiscus SABDARIFFA L. Roselle. 32010. ‘‘Red-stalked va- 32011. ‘‘White-stalked va- riety.” riety.”’ “Interesting indigenous fiber plants cultivated by the natives in the interior.”’ 32012 to 320138. CHRYSANTHEMUM CINERARIAEFOLIUM (Trev.) Vis. Pyrethrum. From Dalmatia, Austria-Hungary. Presented by Mr. K. Portele, Imperial Min- istry of Agriculture, Vienna, Austria-Hungary. Received October 20, 1911. Seeds of the following: 32012. From Cattaro. 32013. From Ragusa. ‘“This species grows wild here in Dalmatia and is also cultivated.”’ 32014. CrRATAEGUS COCCINEA L. _ Hawthorn. From Seattle, Wash. Collected by Messrs. P. H. Dorsett and Peter Bisset, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received October 25, 1911. ‘fA large-fruited Crataegus collected in Woodland Park, Seattle.” (Bisset.) $2015 and 32016. PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA IL. :, Date. Grown at the Cooperative Date Garden, Tempe, Ariz., Mr. F. H. Simmons in charge. Received in the spring of 1911. Numbered October 25, 1911. Seeds of the following: 382015. Rhars. 82016. Deglet Noor. 302017. PRUNUS sp. Plum. From Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa. Presented by Mr.T.R.Sim. Re- ceived October 28 and November 3, 1911. Methley. See No. 31652 for description. 52863°—Bul. 261—12——3 18 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 32018. ANNoNA sQuAMOSA L. Sweetsop. From Cuba. Presented by Mr. Roberto L. Ludces, Camaguey, Cuba. Received October 24, 1911. Seeds. 32019. BoswELLIA sp. Frankincense. From the island of Socotra. Procured by Mr. Charles K. Moser, American consul, Aden, Arabia. Received November 17, 1911. Mr. Moser made a special expedition from Aden to the island of Socotra at the mouth of the Red Sea at the request of the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction, and secured two trees of this so-called incense tree. He was enabled to do this through the assistance of the British Resident at Aden, who invited Mr. Moser to accompany him asa guest on a British Government vessel upon which he himself made a special trip to the island of Socotra for the British Government. Two trees were obtained by Mr. Moser during a 26-hour wait of the vessel, being dug out of the soil by native Socotran boys, at an elevation of 2,500 feet above the sea. These were packed in kerosene cases filled with Socotran soil and were taken by caravan to the boat and transported to Aden. They remained in these tins until October 7, 1911, when they - were sent to the Department. The following report is taken from Mr. Moser’s letter of April 29, 1911: ‘‘We went into the mountains directly south of Tamarida Bay to a place called Adho Dimellus in the Haghier Range. We first saw the tree about 9 miles in a direct line from the sea at an altitude of about 2,800 feet. The trees were apparently in full flower, with immature fruits intermingled. There were no signs of old seeds, and the Socotrans pretended never to have seen any seeds, but they could be easily gathered, and I have made arrangements to procure some during the summer. The soil was very rocky, a red, rich-looking, easily disintegrated granite, out of which, higher up, arose limestone escarpments. The temperature during the night was about 65° F., but at noon it was nearly 90° F. All the trees we saw were nearly the same size, and I was astonished to find in an area of several miles no small shoots or saplings. ‘“The natives call the frankincense tree tee-lah-ah (spelled phonetically) and its product lu-ban. From the samples which I saw and from the reputation it bears in the Aden market, it seems certain that the quality of Socotran lu-ban is distinctly inferior to that of Somali and the Hadramaut, and the produce per tree is much smaller. The trees we saw were from 20 to 30 feet in height and from 8 to 10 inches in diameter, with scraggly, swollen branches, which scarcely tapered and ended in tufts of sumac- like leaves of a general yellowish color clotted with autumnal reds. The leaves were multifoliate, 7 to 11 leaflets, 14 to 24 inches long, elliptic, regularly crenated, and medium ovate. The flowers are very thickly clustered on thick stalks, 5 to 8 inches long, with nearly a uniform diameter of five-eighths to three-fourths of an inch; in color the flowers were a deep pink or bright magenta, much resembling a thick cluster of double geraniums. The immature fruits among them were one-half to five-eighths of an inch long and pear shaped. The bole and branches were of a livid greenish, almost translucent hue, smooth and covered with blotches, resembling gangrenous human flesh; the outer bark sheds in thin, yellowish white, papery strips or peels. When cut, even with the thumb-nail, the bole, the boughs, and the stalks yield a clear, sticky, viscous fluid with a rich aromatic odor. This exudation usually remains clear until and after it hardens, but I saw some trees with clear ‘tears’ and on others brownish or amber-colored ones. Every day I have cut my two specimens with the thumb-nail, and with but two exceptions the exudation has been clear and colorless; on those two occasions the wound was followed by a milky drop, but I have been unable to discover why. 261 t ¥ 4 4 OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 831, 1911. 19 ‘The Socotra olibanum flowers in April and the gum is collected any time after May, which is the beginning of the wet season. It is usually collected, however, during June, July, and August. The Socotran merely goes among the wild trees, giving each about a dozen deep, oblique slashes, 2 or 3 inches long, which he tears open into a kind of pocket at the lower end with a wrench of his knife. The tree is then leit to deposit its sap in these pockets for three weeks or a month, at the end of which time the collector comes with his knife and basket and cuts the collected nodules ‘or tears’ away with pieces of bark. He then either makes new cuts or deepens the old ones and again awaits the harvest in another three or four weeks. The process is repeated until September. The lu-ban, which overfiows the wound and runs down the tree, is regarded as of less value than that which remains in the pockets. A Socotran average tree is said to yield from 1 to 5 pounds of /Ju-ban per season, while the yield in Somali is much larger. Its value in the island is simply anything which the collector, who has little use for money, can persuade the Arab trader to give him for it in rice, goats, or cotton shirting. In Aden it is worth from 6 to 12 cents per pound, according to quality, while the Somali /u-ban is worth from 10 to 24 cents per pound. “T must add that we found the olibanum growing only on the inside, protected slopes of the mountain, that its range seemed to be from 2,000 to 4,000 feet, and that while we only saw it in a red granite soil, we were told that it grew equally well out of fissures in the limestone heights above us. The climate of Socotra is, of course, very dry and not so hot as Arabia. We found the earth exceedingly dry, and were informed that rain never falls in the Haghier Hills except during the rainy months from May to August or September. ‘¢There is no cleaning of the collected lu-ban, but as soon asit hardens a little after being cut frem the trees it is ready for market.’’ (Moser.) “The frankincense tree is supposed to have been the tree which furnished the frankincense of the ancients, and the hardened drops of gum are now used very extensively in Roman Catholic churches as incense, being burned in the censers. The tree will probably thrive only in the dry, almost frostless, areas of the Southwest.”’ (Fairchild.) 32020. CrITRUS LIMETTA Risso. Lime. From Burringbar, New South Wales, Australia. Presented by Mr. 5. Harrison, Burringbar. Received July 31, 1911. Numbered October 15, 1911. Seeds. $2021. STIzOLOBIUM CINEREUM Piper and Tracy. From Amani, German East Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Zimmermann, director, Biologisch Landwirtschaftliches Institut, Amani. Received October 25, 1911. 32022 to 32025. STATICE spp. From Canary Islands. Presented by Dr. George V. Perez, Puerto Orotava, Tene- riffe. Received October 5, 1911. Seeds of the following; quoted notes by Dr. Perez: 32022. Srarice aRBorEA Brouss. Variety frutescens. “Native of Teneriffe. Botanically this is a dwarf form of arborea.’’ 382023. STATICE MACROPTERA Webb and Berth. “ Native of the island of Hierro.’’ 32024. STATICE PEREZII Stapf. “Native of Teneriffe. Newly discovered species. ’’ 382025. StTaTICE PUBERULA Webb. “Gathered wild at Famara, Lanzarote. This seed keeps 2 or 3 years. ”’ 261 20 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 32026 and 32027. From near Ust Kamenogorsk, southwestern Siberia. Received through Mr. Frank N. Meyer, agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry, October 30, Tae Roots of the following: 82026. HerpYSARUM SPLENDENS Fisch. “(No. 989, October 2, 1911.) A rare and interesting legume occurring on stony mountain slopes here and there along the Irtish River. May possess value as a forage plant in semiarid regions where irrigation is not practicable and where the soil is stony and sterile.’’ (Meyer.) 32027. ASTRAGALUS sp. “(No. 990, October 2, 1911.) A small Astragalus, quite common on rocky and sterile places. Is eagerly browsed by horses and cattle. Of value like the preceding number.”’ ( Meyer.) 32028 to 32082. Presented by Dr. A. Robertson Proschowsky, Nice, France. Received October 30, 1911. Seeds of the following; quoted notes by Dr. Proschowsky: 32028. OxXyYTENANTHERA ABYSSINICA (Rich.) Munro. From Abyssinia. “The following plants from Nice, France, are exceedingly drought resistant and are liked by herbivorous animals. ”’ 32029. CoORONILLA VALENTINA L. Distribution.—The countries bordering on the western part of the Mediter- ranean from Spain to Italy, Corsica and Sardinia, and in northern Africa. 382030. Lotus ORNITHOPODIOIDES L. See No. 7730 for description. Distribution.—The countries bordering on the Mediterranean from Spain to Syria and in northern Africa. 32031. Mepicaco sativa L. Alfalfa. “Seeds of the wild-growing form.”’ 32032. MEDICAGO ORBICULARIS MARGINATA (Willd.) Benth. 32033 and 32034. ANNONA CHERIMOLA Miller. Cherimoya. From Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Wercklé, San Jose. Received October 27, 1911. Seeds of the following; quoted notes by Mr. Wercklé: 82088. “From Don Buenaventura Corrales. ’’ 32034. ‘‘First-class Annona from Vindas, in San Pedro del Mojon.” 32035. PHASEOLUS sp. From South Sea Islands(Oceania). Presented by Rev. C. N. Field, 33 Bowdoin Street, Boston, Mass. Received November 3, 1911. “‘T have never tasted a variety as delicious as this one. The seeds were given to me by a man who had traveled around the world. They thrived much better than ordinary scarlet-runner beans; on very poor soil near Boston they grew 10 feet high and were remarkably productive. They are eaten baked after removing the pods and found especially sweet. They have a very pretty purple flower.’’ (f%eld.) 261 OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1911. 21 32036 and 32037. Lancuas Garanaa (L.) Stuntz. Galangale. Roots of this plant were received under the name Alpinia galanga (L.) Willd. The genus Alpinia, however, was based on a single species, Alpinia racemosa L. (Species Plantarum, vol. 1, 1753, p. 2). This is not now considered congeneric with the present plant, which was first published as Maranta galanga L. (Species Plantarum, ed. 2, vol. 1, 1762, p. 3). As the type of the genus Maranta is Maranta arundinacea, also not congeneric with the galangale under discussion, it is necessary to adopt for this plant the next later generic name, Languas, published in 1783 by Koenig in Retzius, Observationes, vol. 3, p. 64. From Buitenzorg, Java. Presented by the Director of Agriculture at the request of Mr. C. V. Piper. Received November 2, 1911. Distribution —Throughout India from the foot of the Himalayas to Ceylon and Malakka; generally cultivated in the Tropics. Roots. 32038 to 32042. From Chinese Turkestan. Received through Mr. Frank N. Meyer, agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry, November 3, 1911. Seeds of the following: 382038. TRITICUM AESTIVUM L. Wheat. From Kizil Bulak, Tien Shan Mountains, Chinese Turkestan. Altitude, 6,650 feet. ‘“(No. 1583a, March 4, 1911.) A summer wheat of a very dark color, called Kara boogdai, meaning black wheat. Sown in early April and grown under irrigation. Of value probably for sections of the United States where the summers are not only short but hot and dry.’’ (Meyer.) 382039. Triticum AESTIVUM L. Wheat. From Kara Tugai, Tekes Valley, Tien Shan Mountains, Chinese Turkestan. Altitude, 3,900 feet. ““(No. 1584a, March 6, 1911.) A rare local variety of summer wheat of great excellence. Grains large, of a pale-yellow color, ears very long. The flour made from this wheat makes a fine quality of substantial bread. Sown in April and raised under slight irrigation. To be tested in the western sections of the United States.’’ ( Meyer.) 82040. Oryza saTiva L. Rice. From Aksu, Chinese Turkestan. ‘“(No. 1585a, February 27, 1911.) A local variety of wet-land rice, called Kara kiltrick. The variety absorbs a large quantity of water in cooking; the grains always remain separate, are of a snow-white color, and a very large size. Although expensive in comparison to the lower grades, yet it is considered - economical, as only one-third to one-half the quantity is needed to fill the same cooking vessel. Ifa specially fine quality of rice is wanted, the plants are set out by hand, with the result that the rice treated in this manner is larger, of finer quality, and greater in yield. However, as the labor connected with such practice is too expensive to justify the returns, this variety is usually sown broadcast, like all rices in this part of the world. ‘‘As the soil around Aksu is decidedly alkaline, this rice will be able to stand a fair amount of alkali. Otherwise it can be tested in the same way as Nos. 1571a to 1580a, inclusive (8S. P. I. Nos. 31823 to 31832).’’ (Meyer.) 261 22, SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 32038 to 32042—Continued. 32041. Oryza sativa L. Rice. From Aksu, Chinese Turkestan. ‘*(No. 1586a, February 27,1911.) A local variety of wet-land rice, called Ak kiltrick. In looks and yield very much the same as the preceding number, but not near so good in quality; swells but little in cooking and is not so white and large. To be tested like the preceding number.’’ (Meyer.) 32042. HorDEUM sp. Barley. From Yengi Malah, Tien Shan Mountains, Chinese Turkestan. Altitude, 7,950 feet. ‘“*(No. 1587a, March 4, 1911.) » ea en F aay pr 4 \ \ i { +) re. | i Cf ie o By ; mr Air gl , | = & ee a : iom cD mond agte) cro a) aN wy a i 5 | ins j 4 ei Oe a Be gle ie ny = Paral 24 * an all is BN araleea ( Flaca 0 1 ; a a Sas ee ato i> ian ep i Di ahs One : Sy a ‘s ye Se eres) iia a a ee i . oe eet an tir & : Issued June 12, 1913. Eas DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY—BULLETIN- NO. 282. WILLIAM A. TAYLOR, Chief of Bureau. ISEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED DURING THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1912: INVENTORY No. 30; Nos. 32369 To 33278. WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1913. BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY. Chief of Bureau, WILLIAM A. TAYLOR. Assistant Chief of Bureau, L. C. CORBETT. Editor, J. E. ROCKWELL. Chief Clerk, JAMES E. JONES. FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION. SCIENTIFIC STAFF. David Fairchild, Agricultural Explorer in Charge. P. H. Dorsett, Plant Introducer, in Charge of Plant Introduction Field Stations. Peter Bisset, Plant Introducer, in Charge of Foreign Plant Distribution. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer. George W. Oliver Plant Breeder and Propagator. H.C. Skeels and R. A. Young, Scientific Assistants. Stephen C. Stuntz, Botanical Assistant. Robert L. Beagles, Assistant Farm Superintendent, in Charge of Plant Introduction Field Station, Chico, Cal. Edward Simmonds, Gardener and Field Station Supcrintendent, in Charge of Subtropical Plant Introduction Field Station, Miami, Fla. John M. Rankin, Assistant Farm Superintendent, in Charge of Yarrow Plant Introduction Field Station, Rockville, Md. W.H. F. Gomme, Assistant Farm Superintendent. in Charge of Plant Introduction Field Station, Brooks- ville, Fla. W.J. Thrower, Gardener and Ficld Station Superintendent, in Charge of South Texas Plant Introduction Field Station, Brownsville, Tez. Edward Goucher and H. Klopfer, Plant Propagators. W. R. Lucas, J. E. Morrow, and C. H. Steffani, Gardeners. J. II. Allison, Expert Propagator. Collaborators: Aaron Aaronsohn, Director, Jewish Agricultural Experimental Station, Haifa, Palestine; Dr. Gustav Eisen, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, Cal.; E. C. Green, Coroato, Maranhao, Brazil; William H. Raynes, Tallahassee, Fla.; Miss Eliza R. Scidmore, Seoul, Chosen (Korea); Dr. L. Trabut, Director, Service Botanique, Algiers, Algeria. 282 2 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BurEAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF, Washington, D. C., December 13, 1912. Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith and to recommend for _ publication as Bulletin No. 282 of the series of this Bureau the accom- ' panying manuscript, entitled ‘‘Seeds and Plants Imported during _ the Period from January 1 to March 31, 1912: Inventory No. 30; Nos. 32369 to 33278.” This manuscript has been submitted by the Agricultural Explorer in Charge of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction with a view to publication. Respectfully, B. T. GaLitoway, Chief of Bureau. Hon. JAMES WILSON, Secretary of Agriculture. CONTENTS. Page SeOINCHORVASbALeMeMt. (98. se ce eo. 28. AE SL So bbe e ones edeeeeeee 5 TTY BINS OTT oo ea oie pee RACs og oo Re ey een 11 Botanical notes and publication of new names. .-............2......0002252-- 92 Mgexor common and scientific names, etC. .....cscseeccccccccccececss--:- 93 282 z 3 4 } \ ' z om Barr 307: SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED DURING THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1912: INVENTORY NO. 30; NOS. 82369 TO 33278. INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT. This number of the inventories contains some material of rather unusual interest. It lists part of the collections made by Mr. Frank N. Meyer during his late expedition into Chinese Turkestan, covering particularly the material secured by him from the noted Russian plant breeder, Mr. I. V. Mijurin. It also contains notes regarding some promising forage grasses collected by Mr. C. V. Piper, Agrostolo- gist in Charge of the Office of Forage-Crop Investigations, during his preliminary exploration of India in search of forage grasses particu- larly adapted to our Southern States, and it also describes a num- ber of Spanish fruit varieties that Mr. Walter T. Swingle, of the Office of Crop Physiology and Breeding Investigations, discovered during his recent trip to Spain, which was made by him in company with Dr. L. Trabut, the veteran plant breeder and horticulturist of Algeria. In the spring of 1903 Mr. G. Onderdonk, one of the veteran nursery- men of southern Texas, made a trip into Mexico for the purpose of securing varieties of Mexican peaches and apricots which he knew existed in the mountainous regions of the central provinces. A collection of these fruits which he made was planted at San Antonio, Tex., and Nos. 32372 to 32380 of this present inventory are selected seedlings from the trees grown as a result of this expedition. They are said to be late-ripening sorts, resembling somewhat the Honey peach, but are later in ripening. These may prove of unusual value for the southern peach belt. Of Mr. Meyer’s collection the seeds and plants most worthy of notice are as follows: No. 32389, seeds of Medicago falcata, which in Mr. Meyer’s opinion (and in this he agrees with Prof. N. E. Hansen) is likely to prove of especial value in those situations where the crowns of the plants are damaged by close grazing and by the hoofs of ani- mals; No. 32408 is a variety of Medicago sativa selected by Mr. Bogdan at Krassny Koot, one of the best of his hybrids; No. 32416, 282 5 6 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. the noted Sarepta mustard, which should be called to the attention © of mustard growers in this country because of its unusual strength when grown on rich soil in a hot, dry climate; No. 32417, a wild : apple from near Sarepta, of possible value as a drought-resistant | shrub or medium-sized tree for breeding purposes or for cultivation in the arid Southwest; No. 32424, a hybrid plum (Prunus spinosa X Prunus domestica), one of Mr. Mijurin’s hybrids; No. 32662, a cross between Amygdalus davidiana and Amygdalus nana, two very hardy types hybridized by Mr. Mijurin and producing a very floriferous, ornamental, hardy form; Nos. 32664 and 32665, two varieties of | Prunus fruticosa by the same hybridizer; No. 32667, a golden currant | by the same breeder from the region of Kozlov, noted for its severe winter climate; No. 32668, a hybrid rose of exceptional hardiness, | representing Rosa spinosissima and Rosa rugosa, by the same hybrid- | izer; Nos. 32669 to 32673, five hybrid plums suited particularly | for the colder sections of the country, being hybrids of Prunus | spmnosa and Prunus domestica; No. 32674, a remarkable cherry, © a variety of Prunus avium, originated by Mr. Mijurin and named ‘Queen of the North,” which is considered by Russian horticulturists to be a decided acquisition to hardy fruit trees, growing as it does where other cherries do very poorly; Nos. 32675 and 32676, two of Mr. Mijurin’s quinces, which are presumably withstanding a winter temperature of —35° C. (—31° F.) and have succeeded at Kozlov when other varieties have been killed; Nos. 32757 and 32758, two forms of an east Siberian wild plum (Prunus ussuriensis) from Souchodole, Russia, the fruits of one of which are said to improve in flavor by being frozen; No. 32762, Rubes procumbens, from the Altat Mountains, a species of large-fruited currant which Mr. Meyer recom- mends for trial in Alaska; No. 32763, Clematis tangutica, a yellow- flowered climbing clematis which Mr. Mijurin reports having received from Tibet; No. 32764, a remarkable, new yellow lily, the bulbs of which are reported to wergh as much as 6 pounds apiece, another of Mr. Mijurin’s originations; No. 32829, Ulmus densa, an ornamental elm capable of standing great heat and a considerable amount of alkali, collected by Mr. Meyer in the oasis of Merv, Russian Turkestan; No. 32831, another species of elm which will probably make a good shade and avenue tree in Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico; Nos. 32832 to 32836, five varieties of apricot from the oasis of Merv; No. 33077, seeds of Larix sibirica, from the Altai Mountains, one of the most rapid-growing conifers, capable of withstanding our north- ern climate; No. 33078, a Siberian spruce (Picea obovata); and No. 33079, seeds of the Siberian pine (Pinus cembra). Mr. Piper’s collections in India include the following interesting possibilities: No. 32480, Rytihx granularis, an annual grass after the 282 INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT. 7 character of the crab-grass and of possible value for the same purposes, from Kirki, India; No. 32436, Heylandia latebrosa, from Kirki, a prostrate legume abundant in the Dekkan and said to be a good forage species; No. 32440, Andropogon caricosus, one of the hay- producing grasses of central India, considered as excellent forage, _ from Kirki, India; Nos. 32443 to 32448, 6 species of forage grasses from the Nilgiri Hills (which have a climate similar to that of the coastal region of California), among them beimg included the most ~ nutritious grasses for hay and pasture known in southern India; Nos. 32491 to 32598, 108 varieties of soy beansfrom different parts of India; Nos. 32450 and 32453, 2 species of Indian raspberries from the Nilgiri Hills, considered by Mr. Piper as promising for the Southern States; Nos. 32777 and 32778, 2 subspecies of Cracca villosa that are being tested in Java as green-manure crops; Nos. 32431 and 32782, Indi- _ gofera linfolia, from India, where it is considered one of the very best native pasture lezumes, promising for southern California; Nos. 32799 and 32800, two species of wild persimmons from Seharunpur for the persimmon breeders of the Southern States; No. 32808, a new shade tree, Gmelina arborea, grown in the upper Ganges Valley and likely to succeed well in southern California; No. 32454, seeds from an unusually good cherimoya, produced by trees descended from the original introduction of this fruit made by Markham into India from Peru; and No. 32429, one of the best pasture grasses in India, Brachiaria eruciformis, which forms dense masses of fine stems and appears to be a good seeder. Dr. Gustav Eisen, of the California Academy of Sciences, during his work for the academy in Spain, called attention to a number of varie- ties of fruits which have been secured through the British vice consul at Granada. These should recommend themselves especially to Cali- fornians as being selected by one familiar with California conditions. Dr. Eisen’s studies have convinced him that some of the most valu- able California fruit varieties, such as the mission fig, came from the region of Granada and were introduced into California in the early days by the Spanish padres. Among the fruit varieties which he believes are new to California are the Isabella fig (No. 32878), one of the best varieties he has ever tasted; No. 32879, the Jeresiana table grape, which resembles the Verdal but is sweeter and an excellent shipper; the Cuatro Hermanos olive from Canales (No. 32880), which comes from an altitude of 6,000 feet where heavy frosts and snows occur and which may prove an excellent variety for cultivation on the northern limits of olive culture; and No. 32883, the San Martin autumn melon, related to the Casaba but considered superior in quality. 282 8 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. From our correspondents in various parts of the world, particularly | from American diplomatic officials and consuls abroad, who have | shown an unusual interest in this work, a number of promising | plants have been secured: No. 33184, seeds of a remarkable cherimoya weighing 2 pounds 6 ounces, from a tree owned by Mr. Charles F. O’Brien, of Los Angeles, Cal., and probably one of the best varieties now in the United States; Nos. 32470 to 32477, a collection of fig and grape varieties from the island of Chios, off the coast of Greece, by Mr. Pantelides; No. 32480, the Manila maguey, or cantala, from the Philippine Islands, an agave suited for rich, loamy soils containing little lime and for a climate with heavy rainfall, such as is to be found in the island of Porto Rico; No. 32692, a Mexican species of avocado (Persea mexicana) from the province of Vera Cruz, through Consul William W. Canada; No. 32705, another of the hard-shelled edible- | fruited species of Strychnos from Inhamban, Portuguese East Africa; | No. 32706, Abies numidica, from the Department of Constantine, | Algeria, a spruce which grows to 75 feet in height, occurring at 5,000 to 7,000 feet altitude, sent us by the veteran French botanist, Dr. L. Trabut; Nos. 32713 to 32725, 13 varieties of dates from Egypt; Nos. 32845 to 32859, 15 varieties of dates from the various oases of the Sahara, selected by Dr. Trabut; No. 32730, Nitraria schoberr, a remarkably alkali-resistant plant from Australia which, according to Dr. J. H. Maiden, bears edible cherrylike fruits; No. 32751, a new variety of prune from Thun, Bern, Switzerland, for trial in the Oregon prune area; No. 32892, a fodder sedge (Carex physodes), collected by Mr. W. W. Mackie in the loose sands of the Peshy Kara Kum Desert, where only 4 inches of rain fall; Nos. 32924 to 32929, six species closely related to the cajuput tree of Australia, remarkable because of its ability to grow rapidly on the coast of Florida along the very edge of the salt water; Nos. 33031 to 33047 and 33155 to 33160, a collection of Cotoneaster, remarkable door- yard shrubs, with attractive red berries in winter and dark-green foliage in summer, which are especially suited as front and back yard shrubs wherever hardy; No. 33093, a broad-leaved evergreen tree from Java, Dammara alba, a close relative of the kauri pine of New Zealand, which ought to be peculiarly suited as an avenue tree in Porto Rico, Hawai, and possibly in Florida; Nos. 33111 to 33118, eight varieties of edible grapes from the western slopes of Mount Lebanon; No. 33166, Juglans pyriformis, a walnut said to be native on the slopes of Mount Orizaba, in southern Mexico; Nos. 33205 to - 33234, a remarkable collection of Spanish fruit and ornamental trees from the nurseries of Pedro Giraud, of Granada, which were selected by Mr. Swingle during his recent explorations in Spain and which include the azarol (No. 33205), a large-fruited Crataegus with a deli- 282 INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT. me!) cious flavor resembling that of the loquat, the Chopo (No. 33206), a striking, rapidly growing species of poplar almost completely devoid of lateral branches and therefore suited for close planting and for pole production, a shipping pear (No. 33209), of good quality, called ‘Pera de Aragon,” a delicious winter apple (No. 33210) called ‘Pero Blanco de Ronda,”’ which ripens in January, and an especially hardy almond (No. 33218), which has flowers that hang down and are thus protected from frost injury and in this way insure its fertility when other varieties lose their crops; Nos. 32708 to 32712 and 33250 to 33255, 11 named varieties of udo from Yokohama, Kyoto, and Tokyo, including early, midsummer, and late varieties, for com- parison with the seedling sorts now being experimented with in America; No. 33256, an elephant grass of India, Typha elephantina, a species related to our cat-tail flag but having leaves 13 feet long; the yam bean of Jamaica (Cacara erosa, No. 33258), which, according to the introducer, ought to supersede the arrowroot in cultivation, being a much larger yielder, and the young pods of which are recom- mended as “string beans,” having absolutely no fiber and being excellent when cooked; No. 33263, a cucumberlike vine from the Director of Agriculture of Zanzibar, bearimg fruits weighing 60 pounds, from the seeds of which a culinary oil is expressed by the natives; and No. 33277, seeds of the best strains of winter melons of Valencia, which are famous in Spain, 15,000 tons being exported annually. A special publication is in process of preparation covering the Egyptian expedition of Mr. Aaron Aaronsohn, which was made in search of the Wahi date and which resulted in the introduction of date suckers of 13 promising varieties (Nos. 32713 to 32725). As heretofore, the manuscript for this inventory has been prepared by Miss Mary A. Austin, the botanical determinations have been made, the notes on geographic distribution compiled, and the notes on nomenclature prepared by Mr. H. C. Skeels, under the supervision of Mr. Frederick V. Coville, of the Office of Taxonomic and Range Investigations, while Mr. S. C. Stuntz has had general supervision of this inventory, as of all the publications of the Office ot Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction. Davip FAIRCHILD, Agricultural Explorer vn Charge. OFFICE OF FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION. Washington, D. C., August 29, 1912. 282 INVENTORY: 32369. PHYTELEPHAS sp. Ivory-nut palm. From an island near the west coast of Panama (?). Presented by Mr. M. B. Shantz, Rochester, N. Y. Received January 2, 1912. “The button industry uses a large amount of vegetable ivory. This is the fruit of a species of palm growing wild in South America, principally in the republics of Ecuador and Colombia. The manufacturers of this city alone use of this material about 15 tonsa week, and the question has often arisen as to whether the palm could not be cultivated successfully in Florida or some of the other Southern States.’’ (Shantz.) The plants grown from these seeds will be tested for their suitability to conditions in southern Florida and southern California. 32370. CAPSICUM ANNUUM L. | Red pepper. From Barcelona, Spain. Presented by Mr. Henry H. Morgan, American consul general. Received January 3, 1912. “‘Pimiento Marrén.’’ See No. 30084 for previous introduction. 32371. SAPINDUS sp. Soapberry. From Brazil. Presented by Mr. Omar E. Mueller, American vice consul, Bahia. Received January 3, 1912. ‘“These berries have the property of making a lather with water upon being crushed in the hands and are used in the interior in the place of soap. They are the fruit of a tree known here as Saboneta, which is indigenous to the dry, arid country of Brazil.’’ ( Mueller.) : 323872 to 32380. AMYGDALUS PERSICA L. Peach. From San Antonio, Tex. Grown by Mr. 8. H. Hastings, superintendent, San Antonio Experiment Farm. Numbered January 2, 1912. Mexican seedling peach trees as follows; quoted notes by Mr. Hastings. These were grown from seeds procured by Mr. G. Onderdonk, of Nursery, Tex., while on an exploration trip for the Department of Agriculture in Mexico in 1902-3. 32372. “(No. C 31.) The fruit of this tree closely resembles the Honey peach, which is the best for this section of the South China varieties. In “ the season of 1910 this tree had much more fruit than the Honey peach, the fruit was more uniform in size, and had a more uniform ripening period. The fruit ripens about the 20th of June, and about a week later than the Honey peach. The tree is a vigorous grower, and Mr. G. Onderdonk recommends it as worthy of propagation.”’ 32373. “(No. E 10.) The fruit of this tree resembles the Honey peach in shape and flavor and is a freestone. The ripening period is about August 18 to 20, or nearly two months later than the Honey variety. Its late-ripening period puts it in the valuable class, although the fruit is not better than the fruit of the Honey peach.” 282 11 eS SEE RR RE EE RE EE 12 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 32372 to 32380—Continued. 32874. ‘‘(No.116.) The fruit of this tree is a large, yellow cling, and has a pleasant, subacid flavor. Ripens about September 3. This peach would be a good shipper. Purely Spanish.”’ 32375. ‘(No. C 32.) Fruit ripens about August 23 and is a large, light- colored cling. Col. G. B. Brackett considers this peach of good quality and worthy of further trial.”’ 32376. ‘‘(No. E 24.) The fruit of this tree ripens about September 1 to 3 and is a freestone. Mr. G. Onderdonk thinks this peach has some South China blood. It has a subacid flavor. Col. G. B. Brackett considers this tree promising.”’ 32377. “(No. H 21.) The fruit ripens about September 7 and is a large greenish cling; quality good. Col. G. B. Brackett thinks it is only suitable for canning.” : 32378. ‘‘(No. H 27.) A medium to large yellow cling, probably purely Spanish. Fruit of medium to good quality, slightly subacid. Ripens about September 15.” 32379. ‘‘(No.A16.) Distinctly a South China peach, resembling the Honey peach in all respects, except that it ripens about a month later. Ripening period about July 25.” 382380. ‘‘(No. D9.) The fruit of this tree resembles the fruit of the South China type and from indications appears to be a cross between the Spanish and the South China types. It is a freestone and the flavor is good. Ripens about August 10.”’ 32381. LucUMA sp. From Mexico. Presented by Mr. Clarence A. Miller, American consul, Tampico. Received January 5, 1912. ‘““Zapota Manti. This fruit is said to be edible, but not especially palatable. A|- though the supply is not large this fruit sells in the market at the comparatively low price of 5 cents Mexican each.” ( Miller.) 32382. BROMELIA PINGUIN L. Pinguin. From Tampico, Mexico. Presented by Mr. Clarence A. Miller, American consul. Received January 5, 1912. ‘‘Wild pineapple, or Huapillo. This plant is very prolific in this section. In many places it covers thousands of acres, making a thick jungle. The plant propagates from the seed and by starting suckers from the root or trunk. It flourishes in the lowlands or in the highlands. The plant is drowned out or destroyed if the land is flooded for a number of days. “‘The leaves contain a fine quality of fiber. The fruit is used by the natives asa vermifuge. The plant itself is said to contain valuable chemical properties. ‘‘These specimens were obtained from Mr. Alexander Smith, of Tampico.” (Miller.) Distribution.—In Panama and the West Indies, and from Colombia to Guiana in the northern part of South America. 32385. MANIHOT sp. Manicoba rubber. From Brazil, South America. Purchased from Charles W. Jacob & Allison, New York, N.Y. Received January 6, 1912. 282 JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1912. 13 32386. Pinus TEOCOTE Cham. and Schlecht. Okote pine. From Mexico. Presented by Dr. C. A. Purpus, Zacuapam, Huatusco, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Received January 2, 1912. “From Esperanza, Puebla. 2,700 to 2,800 meters [8,850 to 9,180 feet] altitude. ” Distribution.—Mexico; from San Luis Potosi, where it rises to’an elevation of 8,000 feet, southward to the region of Orizaba. 32387 to 32389. From Siberia. Received through Mr. Frank N. Meyer, agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Received January 6, 1911. Seeds of the following: 32387. FESTUCA sp. Fescue. From Omsk, Siberia. ‘““(No. 1629a, July 19, 1911.) A grass said to be native to the steppe country of western Siberia; much grown for hay. Possesses the desirable quality of not sprouting when once plowed under, in case the land is needed for wheat culture. To be tested in the semiarid northwestern sections of the United States.” ( Meyer.) 32388. TriticuM DURUM Desf. Wheat. From Chistunka, southwestern Siberia. ‘““(No. 1630a, September 9, 1911.) A hard-kerneled summer wheat, called Bjela-turka, meaning White Turkish. It is much grown throughout western Siberia on account of its resistance to drought and its early-ripening qualities. ‘‘Winter wheats can not be grown successfully in western Siberia, as the winters are too cold and often have very little snow, so at present all wheats raised are summer wheats.” ( Meyer.) 32389. MeEpicaco FALCATA L. From western Siberia. ‘““(No. 1634a, July 18 and October 4, 1911.) The sholteek, as this wild alfalfa is generally called in western Siberia, occurs over the greater part of Eurasia, being found in the Himalayas as low down as the thirtieth degree of latitude, near Yakutsk, and in Norway between the sixtieth and seventieth parallels. There is a very great amount of variation to be observed in the wild plant; some forms grow up to from 5 to 6 feet and may be fairly erect, while others reach a height of a few inches only and are often prostrate in habit. The more prostrate forms lend themselves excellently for naturalization purposes on dry pasture grounds, while the erect varieties may be cultivated for forage purposes in sections of the United States where the ordinary alfalfa gets winter killed. The present habits of this sholteek indicate that possibly a great amount of selection and breeding may have to be done before ideal types will have been evolved, but the many excellent qualities this plant possesses, viz, the eagerness with which all sorts of domestic animals devour it, its apparently great nutritive capacities, especially for milk cows, its remarkable resistance to drought, to close grazing, and to adverse conditions in general, all seem to make it well worth while to spend some extra efforts on improvement. The roots of this ‘sholteek also possess the capacity of producing new plants whenever cut off or when exposed to the air on account of the soil having been washed away. ‘This characteristic is of great value in pasture grounds, where the crowns are easily damaged by the close grazing and by the hoofs of the animals trampling over them. Thesoil best suited to this Medicago seems to be a blackish, well-drained 282 14 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED, 32387 to 32389—Continued. earth, but one also finds that it grows luxuriantly in pebbly banks and in dry cliffs composed of sandy loam. This seed should be tested especially for natu- ralization purposes in pasture grounds in the semiarid belt of northwestern United States.” ( Meyer.) 32390. Ruus LANcEA L. f. Karree. From Pretoria, Union of South Africa. Presented by Mr. J. Burtt Davy, Govern- ment agrostologist and botanist, Department of Agriculture. Received January 3, 1912. “The karree-boom of the southwestern Transvaal and adjacent Bechuanaland. It 1s a valuable hardwood tree for regions of limited rainfall (10 to 15 inches in summer). The fruits are edible. The tree can be grown from poles, as in the case of willows.” (Davy.) Distribution.—Found in the Uitenhage and Albany districts of Cape Colony. 32391. VACCINIUM VITIS-IDAEA IL. Cowberry. From Norrland, Sweden. Presented by Dr. V. Wittrock, director, Botanic Gar- dens, Albano, Stockholm, Sweden. Received January 6, 1912. Seeds. 32392 to 32396. From Salisbury, Rhodesia. Presented by Mr. H. Godfrey Mundy, agriculturist and botanist, Department of Agriculture. Received January 6, 1912. ~ Seeds of the following; quoted notes by Mr. Mundy: 32392.. CirRULLUS VULGARIS Schrad. Watermelon. ‘“‘Kafir melon. Marjorta.” This seed shows great variation. 32393. LAGENARIA VULGARIS Ser. Calabash. ‘‘Large bottle.” 32394. UAPACA SANSIBARICA Pax. Mahobohobo. ‘“‘Tree having edible fruit and good light timber.” 82395. PARINARI MOBOLA Oliver. Mola. ‘“M’hatsha tree. Edible fruit, and timber of some value.” Distribution.—The Batoka Highlands, Angola, and the Mozambique district of southern tropical Africa. 32396. WIDDRINGTONIA WHYTEI Rendle. Mlanje cypress. ‘‘The only conifer indigenous to Melsetter district, southern Rhodesia. The tree occurs on the eastern escarpment at an elevation of 6,000 to 7,000 feet.” For description see No. 2&690. 32397 to 32398. Cirrus pEcUMANA (L.) Murr. Pomelo. From China. Presented by Mr. John M. Nixon, New York, N. Y. Received January 9, 1912. “These pomelo seeds were sent me by a missionary and are of the white and pink variety of the celebrated Amoy product. The fruit is about the size and shape of our shaddock but without its dryness and bitter taste.” (Vizon.) 32397. White variety. 32398. Pink variety. 282 JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1912. 15 32399. CHAETOCHLOA cosTATA (Roxb.) Skeels. (Panicum costatum Roxburgh 1832, Flora Indica, vol. 1, p. 312.) - The seeds of this grass received from India were identified as Panicum costatum Roxburgh, but as it is more closely related to the type of the genus Chaetochloa it is here placed in that genus. Chaetochloa costata was described by Roxburgh from cultivated plants received from Mauritius, where it is common in fields and woods. It is also generally introduced throughout the Tropics of both hemispheres. From Sibpur, near Calcutta, India. Presented by Maj. A. T. Gage, superintendent, Royal Botanic Garden. Received January 9, 1912. 32400. PrERSEA AMERICANA Miller. Avocado. From Orange, Cal. Presented by Mr. C. P. Taft. Received January 10, 1912. ‘Fruit absolutely seedless but very small, 3 to 5 inches in iength and 3 to 1 inch in diameter. Of possible use in breeding experiments. (Peter Bisset.) 32401 to 32403. From Central America. Presented by Prof. A. S. Hitchcock, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received January 12, 1912. Seeds of the following; quoted notes by Prof. Hitchcock: 32401. SALVIA sp. ‘‘Chidn.—Obtained on the market at Punta Arenas, Costa Rica. It is used there in the preparation of a refreshing drink. It was purchased at a drug store by an American physician and by him given tome. I was unable to ascertain the source of the supply, but apparently it is a product of the country.” 32402. CHRYSOBALANUS Icaco L. Icaco. “From San Salvador, Salvador. A common fruit sold in the markets and by street venders. Various colors, especially a yellow and a purple variety.” ‘“‘Shrub 2 meters [64 feet] high, found on dry beaches; known as ‘Cocoa-plum.’ Fruits about the size of a plum, used for preserves.” (Cook and Collins, Eco- nomic Plants of Porto Rico, p. 114.) Distribution.—From Acapulco in southern Mexico southeastward through Central America and tropical America, in the West Indies, and in western tropical Africa. 32403. PASSIFLORA LIGULARIS Juss. Passion fruit. “From Santa Ana, Salvador. Commonly sold on the streets. The leathery covering is broken and the seeds with the containing pulp are sucked out.” 32404. SoLANUM NIGRUM L. Nightshade. From Kew, England. Procured from the Herbaceous Botanical Garden at Kew, by Prof. Wiliam R. Lazenby, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Re- ceived August 31, 1911. Numbered January 13, 1912. ‘Plant very dwarf; spreading in habit.’? (Lazenby.) 32405 to 32424. From Russia. Received through Mr. Frank N. Meyer, agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry, January 11 and 12, 1912. Seeds of the following; quoted notes by Mr. Meyer: 282 a ma Nn me ne a a EE RE SE Ce eee CSE 16 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED, 32405 to 32424—Continued. 32405. TritIcUM AESTIVUM Th : Wheat. From Krassny Koot, Samara Government, Russia. (No. 1707a, November 20, 1911.) Variety graecum. A variety of soft summer wheat, called Khivinskaia, coming originally from dry and hot Khiva, Russian Turkestan. This grain at Krassny Koot, however, was received from a firm in Germany named Dreifus. This wheat produces a flour especially suitable for biscuit making and may be found valuable in America for this purpose.’’ ( Meyer.) 32406. AGROPYRON cRISTATUM (L.) Beauv. From near Sarepta, Saratov Government, Russia. ““(No. 1708a, November 28, 1911.) A form of this very promising fodder erass, occurring on very sandy, dry hill slopes in the vicinity of Sarepta. Of value for sandy lands in the semiarid belt of the United States.” (Meyer.) 32407. AGROPYRON sp. From near Sarepta, Saratov Government, Russia. *“(No. 1709a, November 28, 1911.) A grass occurring here and there on very sandy soil. Growsin clumps. Of value as a forage grass on dry, sandy lands in the semiarid belt of the United States.”’ (Meyer.) 32408. MepiIcaGo SATIVA VARIA (Mart.) Urban. Sand lucern. From Krassny Koot, Samara Government, Russia. *“(No. 1710a, November 20, 1911.) A very strong-growing hybrid alfalfa having erect heavy stems which are well supplied with foliage. Obtained from Mr. W. S. Bogdan, at Krassny Koot, who is making extensive selection and hybridization experiments with Medicago falcata and has obtained a number of very promising types, some of which are suitable for raising exclusively for hay, while others are better for pasturing purposes. “The climate around Krassny Koot is of a severely continental nature. The summers are hot and dry and the winters long and cold, with very little snow, as a rule. The medicagos selected there may prove especially suited to the drier portions of the western United States. The plant from which these seeds came bears Mr. Bogdan’s No. 158, and is one of his best types.” ( Meyer.) 32409. Mepicaco FALcATA L. From near Sarepta, Saratov Government, Russia. *“(No. 171la, November 28, 1911.) An alfalfa of moderate growth occurring on very sandy, dry hill slopes in a country where there is much limestone forma- tion. Probably there are several types or, perhaps, even species in this /ot of seed. To be tested in dry, sandy localities.”’ (Meyer.) 32410. MEDIcAGO sp. From near Sarepta, Saratov Government, Russia. *“(No. 1712a, December 1, 1911.) An alfalfa occurring on dry, elevated lands along a ditch, of robust almost erect growth. Is either a form of Medicago falcata or M. coerulea which has been collected near Sarepta. Suitable for dry situations.’’ ( Meyer.) 32411. Mepicaco Fatcata L. From near Saratov, Russia. *6(No. 1713a, November 23, 1911.) An alfalfa of erect growth, found on dry, stony places on the hills near Saratov.’”’ (Meyer.) 282 at, JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1912, 17 $2405 to 32424—Continued. 32412. Mepicaco FatcaTa L. From Krassny Koot, Samara Government, Russia. *“(No. 1714a, November 29, 1911.) This seed was presented by Mr. W. S. Bogdan. Among it there are all possible types, and it is recommended, there- fore, for general naturalization purposes and should be sown in a dry northern locality for the selection of promising types.’’ (Meyer.) 32413. ASTRAGALUS ALBICAULIS DC. From near Sarepta, Saratov Government, Russia. (No. 1715a, November 28, 1911.) This plant occurs on dry, sandy hill slopes. Looks to be promising as a possible fodder plant for semiarid regions.” ( Meyer.) Distribution.—The Caucasus region of southeastern Russia. ; 82414. CoRONILLA VARIA L. From near Saratov, Russia. ‘““(No. 1716a, November 23, 1911.) A perennial legume, found on dry hill slopes and in loess ravines. Roots sent under No. 993 (S. P. I. No. 32305): see this number for further remarks.’’ ( Meyer.) 82415. LaATHyYRuUS SYLVESTRIS L. From near Penza, Russia. ‘“(No. 1717a, November 17, 1911.) A very strong-growing perennial Lathy- rus found between scrub. Of possible value for forage purposes on shady places in dry, cold regions.’’ ( Meyer.) Distribution.—Western and southern Europe, extending from Scandinavia and the British Isles southward to Spain, and eastward through Italy, Servia, Bulgaria, Turkey, and central and southern Russia to the Caucasus region. 32416. Brassica JUNCEA (L.) Cass. Mustard. From Sarepta, Saratov Government, Russia. *“(No. 1718a, December 1, 1911.) Seed of the famous Sarepta mustard, which is extraordinarily strong and in great favor throughout Russia. To possess the right pungency this mustard requires a rich, blackish soil and a hot and dry summer, with nights not too warm. The region around Sarepta seems to supply such a climate, the summers being warm enough to ripen grapes in the open, although the vines are buried deeply in winter. It may be that this short, hot summer assists in making this mustard so strong, for the manager of a large mustard factory stated that seeds from Sarepta mustard grown in Tambov Government, a region also having black soil, but slightly cooler, do not possess the required strength. India-grown seed also was not as pungent as that cultivated near Sarepta. This may possibly be grown to ad- vantage in certain sections of eastern Oregon. ‘“The seeds, besides being ground into powder, are often eaten sprinkled over fried meats or mixed in sauces and when used in this manner they give dishes an agreeable, spicy flavor. The oil expressed from them is not at all strong and is in very great demand for culinary purposes in the section around Sarepta, being much preferred to sunflower-seed oil, as the mustard is less adulterated. ‘“These seeds were obtained from the manager of the well-known mustard factory of J. C. Glitch, in Sarepta.’’ (Meyer.) 74500°—Buli. 282—13——2 18 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED, 32405 to 32424—Continued. 32417. MALUS sp. Apple. From near Sarepta, Saratov Government, Russia. ‘“‘(No. 1719a, November 28, 1911.) A genuine wild apple, occurring in the ravines in the vicinity of Sarepta. Sometimes seen as solitary shrubby speci- mens, sometimes as medium-sized trees in groves. The fruits are said to be very variable as regards size, flavor, and color. Of value possibly for breeding experiments in originating oe of apples that are able to stand more Melee than our present varieties.’’ ( Meyer.) 32418. JuGLANS REGIA L. Walnut. From Rostov, Russia. ““(No. 1720a, December 12, 1911.) A very large variety of walnut, being imported from Constantinople, but possibly grown somewhere in northern Persia or Asia Minor. Sells in Rostov at 30 kopecks (15 cents) a pound.”’ ( Meyer.) 32419. CoRYLUS AVELLANA IL. Hazelnut. From Rostov, Russia. ‘“(No. 1721a, December 12, 1911.)